Harsh Pyati

Senior Software Engineer at Okta | Ex-Zscaler | Backend Engineer | Distributed Systems

Greater Bengaluru Area

About

Software developer with 5 years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, micro services and large scale distributed systems. Led multiple initiatives at Zscaler. Skilled in Redis, PostgreSQL, Kafka, OAuth2, SAML and various tools.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Okta
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

  • Zscaler (5 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Dec 2024 - Oct 2025 · 11 mos

      ◦ Architected and implemented Service Provider-initiated SAML authentication system, strengthening product security through industry-standard authentication protocols. ◦ Streamlined new application onboarding processes for Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) platform, reducing development time by 50 percent through code refactoring and optimization. ◦ Enhanced performance of multiple REST APIs related to data protection through continuous monitoring, optimization, and implementation of best practices.

    • Software Engineer 2
      Apr 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

      ◦ Delivered time-critical bulk S3 tenant onboarding feature under tight deadlines, directly enabling suc- cessful closure of major enterprise contract with Fortune 500 customer. ◦ Developed and maintained critical public APIs for various data protection features. ◦ Created REST APIs to configure multiple Data Protection policies like Inline DLP, Email DLP, Endpoint DLP, Cloud App Control, and Filetype Control.

    • Software Engineer
      May 2021 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs

      Designed and built REST apis for various new and existing data protection features like Dlp, Endpoint Dlp and Cloud Application Control. Added CASB integrations to multiple new apps, which included onboarding of tenants, dlp and malware policies for those tenants and scans. Responsible for bi-annual localisation cycle.