Principal AI Engineer
Zscaler
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AI PlatformsMulti-Agent SystemsOrchestrationEnterprise MemoryModel RoutingObservabilityGovernanceSecurityLatency OptimizationSystem Architecture
About the role
Role Overview
Principal AI Engineer (Remote)
- Reporting to the Director, Customer Success Intelligence & Automation within Customer Success.
- Owns the design and evolution of the foundational AI platform that powers Customer Success AI products and internal AI solutions.
- Focus is on reusable platform capabilities, enabling multiple AI experiences (not just individual products).
Responsibilities
- Design, evolve, and scale the Customer Success AI platform, including reusable services and reference architectures for multiple AI products and internal AI experiences.
- Build and maintain foundational AI infrastructure such as:
- Orchestration services
- Context engines
- Memory services
- Workflow execution frameworks
- Enterprise integrations
- Scalable architectures for multi-agent systems
- Optimize platform capabilities across:
- Model routing
- Latency and cost
- Reliability
- Observability
- Governance and security
- Lead technical architecture and engineering standards across multiple AI products.
- Mentor AI engineers and drive excellence through reusable frameworks, patterns, and platform capabilities.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, IT, Security, Data, AI Platform, and Customer Success to evaluate emerging AI tech and align platform evolution with business and enterprise architecture needs.
Requirements / Success Profile
- Thrives in ambiguity and can build the path while executing.
- Thinks and builds at scale, connecting work to the company mission.
- Shows ownership mindset; drives outcomes with a strong sense of urgency and accountability.
About Zscaler
Zscaler helps accelerate digital transformation by providing cloud-native Zero Trust security. It uses a large security data lake to power its Zero Trust Exchange platform, protecting users, devices, and applications from cyberattacks and data loss across locations.
Scraped 8/1/2026