Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services
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About the Position
We are looking for a Director, Engineering, Common Platform Services to join our team. This is a Hybrid (San Jose, CA office 3 days a week) role, reporting to the VP, Software Engineering in the Zero Trust Exchange department. Our Common Platform Services team spans across all Zscaler products, with a core focus on Zscaler Workflow Automation, Unified Authorization service, and other common services. You will play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms and developer tooling to empower our engineering teams. Your focus will be on enhancing our platform’s efficiency, scalability, and developer experience while managing and growing senior technical talent.
Responsibilities
- Lead large cross-functional teams to drive the technical roadmap, scale engineering talent, and guarantee operational execution
- Demonstrate executive presence and strong communication skills to enable high-level leadership visibility
- Bring transformation through the entire SDLC to modernize the team and execute a completely AI-native approach
- Provide deep technical leadership and decision-making backed by hands-on experience with cloud technologies like AWS and GCP
- Build enterprise-scale web service products for workflow automation and notification channels that integrate with Salesforce, AWS, and GCP
Requirements
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 10+ years of technical people management and product/service delivery experience across public and private clouds
- U.S. citizenship due to the nature of the customers assigned to this role
- Strong technical leadership in building products with hyperscalers like AWS or GCP
- Extensive experience building cloud services engineered for massive scale and resiliency
Nice to Have
- Exceptional organizational leadership capabilities and communication skills tailored for executive visibility
- Deep product domain experience in security, networking, or enterprise workflow software like ServiceNow
- Proven ability to guide engineering teams through a comprehensive technical transformation journey using AI tooling
We Offer
- Competitive base salary range: $248,000 - $310,000 USD
- Comprehensive benefits program including various health plans, time off plans, parental leave options, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and inclusive environment that values collaboration and belonging
About the Company
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. 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.
We 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.
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