Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services
Core
Leading the Common Platform Services team to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms and developer tooling for Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange, focusing on workflow automation and unified authorization.
Role type
Director, Software Engineering (Platform Services)
Builds
Enterprise-scale web service products for workflow automation and notification channels integrating with Salesforce, AWS, and GCP
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure / Enterprise Workflow
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical leadership in building products with hyperscalers (AWS, GCP), managing large cross-functional teams, driving technical roadmap and operational execution, modernizing SDLC with AI-native approaches, building cloud services for massive scale and resiliency
Preferred skills
Executive presence and communication for high-level leadership visibility, deep product domain experience in security, networking, or enterprise workflow software (e.g., ServiceNow), guiding engineering teams through comprehensive technical transformation using AI tooling
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Salesforce
Responsibilities
Lead large cross-functional teams to drive technical roadmap and scale engineering talent, demonstrate executive presence to enable high-level leadership visibility, bring transformation through the entire SDLC to modernize the team with an AI-native approach, provide deep technical leadership and decision-making backed by hands-on cloud experience, build enterprise-scale web service products for workflow automation and notification channels
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with strategic oversight