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Zscaler

Secures workforce access to apps and the internet

Director Software Engineering - Common Platform Services

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Clara, CA, USA$248k - $310k

About the Job

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.
  • At least 15 years of software engineering experience, including at least 10 years of technical people management and product/service delivery experience across public and private clouds.
  • U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the customers assigned to the role.
  • Strong technical leadership in building products with hyperscalers such as AWS or GCP.
  • Extensive experience building cloud services engineered for massive scale and resiliency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large cross-functional teams to drive the technical roadmap, scale engineering talent, and ensure operational execution.
  • Demonstrate executive presence and strong communication skills to enable high-level leadership visibility.
  • Transform the entire software development life cycle to modernize the team and execute an AI-native approach.
  • Provide deep technical leadership and decision-making, drawing on hands-on experience with cloud technologies such as AWS and GCP.
  • Build enterprise-scale web service products for workflow automation and notification channels that integrate with Salesforce, AWS, and GCP.

Desired Qualifications

  • Exceptional organizational leadership capabilities and communication skills tailored for executive visibility.
  • Deep product domain experience in security, networking, or enterprise workflow software such as ServiceNow.
  • Proven ability to guide engineering teams through a comprehensive technical transformation journey using AI tooling.

About the Company

Zscaler

Secures workforce access to apps and the internet

Zscaler builds cloud security software for organizations that need to protect employees, applications and data across offices and remote locations. Its Zero Trust Exchange checks the identity and context of each connection, inspects traffic for threats and applies access rules set by security teams. Zscaler Internet Access protects web and cloud application traffic, while Zscaler Private Access connects authorized users to specific internal applications without a VPN. Organizations buy subscriptions priced primarily by the number of users and metered usage, with related support services included in the business. Zscaler was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Founded
2007

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