Director, Engineering
Core
Build Zillow's India-based engineering organization from scratch to take end-to-end ownership of Workday HR and ServiceNow platforms, integrating AI-native practices and agent capabilities. (via careerplan.io/jobs/P751170-1-director-engineering-at-zillow)
Role type
Director of Engineering (Enterprise SaaS Platforms)
Builds
End-to-end Workday HR and ServiceNow platform stacks with AI-augmented configuration and agent integration.
Domain
Enterprise SaaS (Workday, ServiceNow) + AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Team building from scratch, AI-native engineering practices, Workday HR expertise, ServiceNow delivery, distributed engineering leadership, multi-domain leadership, stakeholder management, budget and vendor management
Preferred skills
Experience with Salesforce, Workday Financials, MCP integration, agentic AI patterns
Technologies
Workday, ServiceNow, AI coding tools, agent tooling, MCP
Responsibilities
Recruit and develop India engineering and management teams; Drive end-to-end Workday HR delivery including SOX-compliant change management; Drive end-to-end ServiceNow delivery for HR and ITSM; Establish AI-native operating norms and culture; Partner with US-based peers on integration and agent capabilities; Set multi-year strategic direction for India's platform scope.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC & strategic leadership
