Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - AI Engineer
About Zscaler
Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.
Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.
Role
We are looking for a AI Engineer to join our team. The position is based out at Bangalore or Mohali role, reporting to the Snr Manager, Product Business Operations in the AI Native - Product Operations Platform department. We are seeking a hands-on engineer to help scale the agentic layer of our platform by designing production-grade AI systems and expanding foundational capabilities. This role is built for a strong builder who understands modern AI systems in practice and thrives in a high-velocity, rapid-iteration environment.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
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Build and scale the agentic layer of the AI Native - Product Operations Platform by designing production-grade AI systems and supporting platform capabilities
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Develop hands-on across FastAPI, NextJS, and Postgres while applying practical knowledge of RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector retrieval
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Implement standards, patterns, and guardrails to ensure AI development on the platform remains scalable, reliable, and cohesive
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Partner closely with Product and other stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions optimized for cost and throughput
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Contribute to a high-velocity delivery environment characterized by frequent releases, rapid iteration, and end-to-end execution
Who You Are (Success Profile)
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You are a pragmatic builder with a passion for rolling up your sleeves to create, iterate, and ship production-grade software.
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You thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced environments, maintaining focus and execution velocity amidst rapid change.
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You act like an owner, bringing deep accountability, a strong bias for action, and end-to-end execution to every project.
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