Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Automation

The role

This person will own end-to-end system integration testing and quality outcomes for platform areas including UI, APIs, services, and data workflows. The role builds and maintains UI and API test automation and validates large-scale systems such as REST APIs, backend services, distributed workflows, and microservices.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end System Integration Testing (SIT) and quality outcomes for key platform areas including UI, APIs, services, and data workflows
• Design and deliver effective, automatable test plans with strong coverage for functional, regression, and system integration scenarios
• Build and maintain UI and API automation using modern frameworks to ensure stability, maintainability, and fast feedback
• Validate large-scale systems including REST APIs, backend services, distributed workflows, and microservices

Required qualifications

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain
• Advanced proficiency in automation testing using Python (pytest/unittest), JavaScript, or TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with UI automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright for end-to-end validation
• Deep experience testing distributed systems, microservices, and scalable cloud-native multi-tenant architectures in AWS, GCP, or Azure environments
• Solid understanding of CI/CD integration, Linux troubleshooting, and containerized environments including Docker and Kubernetes
• Technical knowledge of L2/L3 networking concepts, including routing protocols, VPN, IPSec, and WAN architecture

Nice to have

• Proven experience designing scalable test frameworks covering architecture, patterns, reporting, stability, and parallelization
• Proficiency with Git, test management tools like TestRail, and issue tracking systems such as Jira
• Hands-on experience with AI agent prompting and usage for productivity, test design, and automation support

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• Candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs, are neurodivergent, or need pregnancy-related support may request accommoda

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, which securely connects users, devices, and applications and protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. Its SASE-based platform runs across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge.