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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. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.\nWe believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. 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? Join us at Zscaler.\nRole\nWe are looking for a Senior AI-Native Designer & Builder, Design System to join our team. This is a Hybrid (3 days/week, Santa Clara HQ) role, reporting to the Sr Manager, Design System in the Product Management department. The Senior AI-Native Designer and Builder for the Design System will participate in the evolution of the organization’s design ecosystem, ensuring consistency, scalability, and excellence across all products. You will be leveraging cutting edge tools & technologies to design, build and iterate at a fast pace. You design with intention, and use AI as a daily craft instrument, not an occasional shortcut. You'll work closely with Design, Engineering, and cross-functional product teams to set the visual, interaction, and structural standard for Zscaler's product surfaces. If you believe great design systems are the highest-leverage work a designer can ship, and that AI is fundamentally changing how we build and maintain them, we want to talk to you!\nWhat you’ll do (Role Expectations)\nDesign, architect, and refine reusable components and interaction patterns, focusing on robust structural relationships, and scalability\nWrite clear component specifications, usage guidelines, and standards, leveraging AI to speed up drafting and maintain comprehensive documentation\nUtilize modern, AI-powered developer and design tools (e.g., Cursor, Devin, Claude) to build live prototypes, validate architectural feasibility, and accelerate production implementation\nPartner directly with UI engineers to align design intent with web technologies, ensuring component structures are highly responsive, accessible, and easily consumable\nActively support product design teams during their adoption of the design system, assisting them in applying component architecture principles and troubleshooting complex layouts\nWho You Are (Success Profile)\nYou act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.\nYou are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.\nYou are a high-trust collaborator. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback-knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.\nYou are driven by innovation. You have a deep curiosity for how things work and are energized by solving complex technical challenges. You believe in the power of technology to accelerate transformation and are always looking for a better, more secure, and scalable way.\nYou champion simplicity. You are skilled at distilling complex problems, user needs, and technical concepts into clear, simple, and actionable plans. You are a precise communicator who brings clarity and focus to every interaction.\nWhat We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)\nProven experience integrating AI assistants or modern generation/prototyping tools into your daily design and development workflow to accelerate outcomes and build interactive layouts\n6+ years of Product/UX Design experience, with at least 1-2 years of dedicated contribution to a multi-product design system\nDemonstrated expertise in systematic component architecture, understanding how individual components roll up into larger patterns, templates, and full applications\nFamiliarity with accessibility frameworks (such as WCAG 2.1/2.2 standards) and designing with structural layouts built for responsiveness\nStrong collaborative skills, with experience educating and guiding other designers on how to build within systematic guidelines and structured grids\nWhat Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)\nProven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency\nLiteracy in modern frontend technologies (e.g., React, CSS/HTML, token-driven theming, or JSON properties), enabling you to inspect and discuss code structures directly with developers\nExperience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude) to generate, customize, or preview coded components, bringing designs closer to working code\nExperience designing systems for cyber security, infrastructure, developer tools, or other highly technical/complex domains\n#LI-AJ-1 #LI-Hybrid\nZscaler’s salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.\nThe base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) + benefits.\nBase Pay Range\n$134,000—$167,500 USD\nAt Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.\nOur Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. 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