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Surabhi Sonkhaskar

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building distributed cloud services, optimizing large-scale systems, and improving performance through code and infrastructure innovation. Skilled in architecting reliable connectivity solutions and leading cross-functional engineering efforts.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Software Engineer

Zscaler Inc.
09.2019 - 09.2025
  • Architected and developed a sidebar service from scratch, now a core part of Zscaler Cloud, which offloaded critical processing from the Cloud Authority (CA) and improved system throughput and response times.
  • Led development and integration of cloud, branch, and edge connectors, strengthening interoperability across Zscaler’s cloud architecture and enabling scalable enterprise deployments.
  • Diagnosed and resolved complex memory leaks in legacy systems, refactored critical code paths, and improved runtime efficiency, leading to measurable performance gains and greater platform stability.
  • Designed and executed comprehensive testing for Zscaler’s persistent cache, ensuring reliability, faster data retrieval, and seamless rollout across production environments.
  • Partnered with product managers to define requirements and deliver features adopted by Fortune 500 customers.

Software Engineering Intern

Zscaler Inc.
05.2019 - 09.2019
  • Built and integrated a custom Kafka connector to transmit messages between TCP sockets, accelerating system-wide update broadcasts and improving efficiency in the core cloud architecture.

Software Engineer

Larsen & Toubro Infotech
09.2014 - 06.2017
  • Led migration of a financial reporting platform (10M+ daily transactions) from C++ to Java, improving scalability and maintainability.
  • Improved reporting performance by 30% through development of utilities that automated and accelerated daily business report generation and analysis.

Education

MS - Computer Engineering

San Jose State University
05.2019

BS - Computer Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University
05.2014

Skills

  • Languages: Java, C/C, Python, Shell
  • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • Tools & Platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Git, CI/CD

Websites

Timeline

Staff Software Engineer

Zscaler Inc.
09.2019 - 09.2025

Software Engineering Intern

Zscaler Inc.
05.2019 - 09.2019

Software Engineer

Larsen & Toubro Infotech
09.2014 - 06.2017

BS - Computer Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University

MS - Computer Engineering

San Jose State University

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