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Posted August 05, 2026

Senior Software Engineer

Zendesk
San Francisco, California, United States 94105 Full Time
Reference: 286267290


Location: Remote, California, United States of America | Remote, Illinois, United States of America | Remote, Texas, United States of America | Remote, Georgia, United States of America | Remote, Wisconsin, United States of America

Requisition ID: R35313

Position_Type: Full time

Job Description

Stay on top of new cloud services and evaluate whether cloud-native alternatives can replace our stack components. Continue to strive toward a fully automated infrastructure. Evaluate new instances to resolve the best price point as we work with our provider on long term pricing. Continue to enhance the tools we use daily to control our clusters. Work closely with product management when new features are being considered by being an advocate for not impacting performance of existing APIs. Experience operating large systems at scale. Build, manage, and scale the Search infrastructure at Zendesk - a combination of self-managed clusters and AWS-managed services. Come help us further improve our infrastructure automation so that we can continue to grow with Zendesk and our customers. Telecommuting Permitted.


Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or closely related quantitative discipline.

Special Skill Requirements:
  • Cloud native application development concepts, such as microservices
  • Cloud computing technology, such as AWS
  • Database fundamentals and SQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Virtual machines and containers
  • Distributed systems fundamentals, such as replication and fault tolerance
  • Ruby on Rails; and Agile methodologies
  • Unix CLI basics; and Git


Any suitable combination of education, training, and experience is acceptable. Experience can be gained through coursework, scholastic achievement, or work experience.
The US annualized base salary range for this position is $161,637 - $217,000. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.
40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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