Zscaler
Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer
$180K–$225K
Santa Clara, California, USA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of production software engineering experience.
About the job
Own and evolve the Windows Client Connector Agent service components that provide secure connectivity, tunneling, and session management across enterprise and VDI environments.
What you'll do
- Design and implement features across CCA services, user-mode UI, and supporting subsystems.
- Diagnose production issues and improve reliability of Windows services, including shutdown paths and inter-process communication.
- Work on VDI flows, review code, and mentor engineers in Windows systems programming.
What they ask for
- Strong C++ (C++14/17) expertise.
- Solid understanding of Windows internals, including services, user sessions, security tokens, IPC, and process/thread lifetime.
- Experience debugging multithreaded C++ and proficiency with WinDbg, ETW, Process Monitor, and crash dump analysis.
- Track record of shipping and maintaining an enterprise desktop or endpoint product; foundational AI/ML understanding and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions.
Nice to have
- Networking, VPN, ZTNA, or secure tunneling background; RPC, named pipes, or COM experience.
- Familiarity with VDI platforms, installer/updater flows, or kernel-mode components; ability to use AI workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Pay
$180,000 — $225,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++14/17, Windows, WinDbg, ETW, Process Monitor, MS-RPC, Citrix, VMware Horizon
AI focus
Foundational AI/ML understanding and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions; preferred use of AI technologies and workflows to improve operational efficiency.
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