Software Engineer - Security, AV-SDK

About Zscaler

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so that customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the company’s cloud-native platform that protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

With more than 10 years of experience developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers around the world, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations. In addition to protecting customers from damaging threats, such as ransomware and data exfiltration, it helps them slash costs, reduce complexity, and improve the user experience by eliminating stacks of latency-creating gateway appliances.

Zscaler was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. Zscaler’s purpose-built security platform puts a company’s defenses and controls where the connections occur—the internet—so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications and workloads reside.

We are looking for a talented, high-energy, team player to be part of our security engineering team developing Zscaler’s cloud platform. Zscaler’s Security Cloud processes over 300 billion transactions a day with near-zero latency to instantly secure millions of users in 185 countries. You will develop software to detect and block different types of security threats including viruses, malware, etc. You will be expected to participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and testing. In addition, you will be responsible for finding out and analyzing malicious attacks and incorporating defense against them into our platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain our Antivirus Solution for accuracy, performance and scalability
• Write signatures to detect the latest malicious samples/behavior and attack vectors
• Discover the latest threats and add protection against them in our product.

• 1-3 years of experience in software engineering
• Strong C Programming skills
• Self-starter, quick-learner, able to multi-task, and collaborate with others in a team environment
• Familiar with the complete software development cycle
• Experience with FreeBSD-based networking solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience working on Antivirus Software is preferred.