Zscaler
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Remote - USA; Santa Clara, California, USA · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$8,343 more — $123,843 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $123,843 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Bakersfield-Delano, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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Green-card follow-through: 75%
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About the role
- We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback.
- Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era?
- Our goals are to catch all threats while minimizing noise.
Responsibilities
- At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with.
- We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed.
Requirements
- You are relentlessly data-driven, leveraging analytics and empirical evidence over assumptions to measure what matters and guide informed decisions.
- Experience with production AI or ML systems where cost, latency, and accuracy are competing constraints, including handling model selection, routing, and regression testing
Compensation
- $115,500 - $165,000 USD
- Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules.
Benefits
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks, and more!
- Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees.
Company info
- Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure.
- The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.
- Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other.
This listing is sourced directly from Zscaler's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.