Senior Courseware Developer

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for a Senior Courseware Developer to join our team. This is a remote or hybrid (3 days/week in Bangalore) role, reporting to the Manager, Technical Courseware Development in the Product Management department. In this role, you’ll design and develop end-to-end learning experiences that turn cutting-edge Zscaler cybersecurity capabilities into persona- and task-based training that drives on-the-job performance. You’ll create and evolve a blended curriculum across Instructor-Led Training (ILT), role and task-based hands-on labs, interactive eLearning, and assessments, ensuring learners can confidently apply skills in real scenarios.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Drive discovery with SMEs to capture real job workflows, define learner personas, and translate findings into performance-based course architectures, measurable objectives, and detailed design/storyboards

• Create and govern instructor-ready decks and facilitation materials that communicate a clear technical story, include teach/ask/do moments, and improve instructor consistency and delivery quality

• Design and build highly engaging, interactive eLearning at scale—scenario-driven, activity-rich, and modular—while applying strong UX, accessibility, and reusability standards across learning components

• Design lab journeys that mirror real-world tasks, validate labs/demos end-to-end in the product, troubleshoot complex issues, and partner with lab/platform stakeholders to ensure stability, fidelity, and repeatability

• Define the assessment approach for the program and develop objective-mapped items, including scenario/task-based questions and performance checks; validate quality (coverage, difficulty, clarity) and continuously improve using learner/instructor feedback

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You 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. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. 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.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain

• 7–10 years creating technical learning content across eLearning and instructor-led modalities, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end programs

• Expert writing, visual communication, and presentation slide deck and Google doc architecture skills; ability to craft crisp technical narratives and instructor-ready materials

• Strong ability to ramp up on complex products quickly and convert SME input into persona- and task-based learning with measurable outcomes

• Advanced proficiency building interactive eLearning using Articulate (Storyline/Rise) and/or Adobe tools (e.g., Captivate), including scenario-based interactions and assessments

• Solid knowledge of or strong demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and networking, with comfort discussing technical workflows and terminology

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience utilizing generative AI tools and LLMs to accelerate curriculum analysis, technical storyboarding, draft content creation, and QA processes within courseware development

• Prior experience designing enablement for Zscaler or similar cloud security/SASE/zero trust solutions, translating real customer/field use cases into role-based learning paths

• Certification in Cyber Security such as Zscaler certifications, Cisco, or Juniper network certifications

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At 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.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

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

Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here.

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