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Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services

Zscaler · San Jose, California, USA

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
66 days
Zscaler's roles stay open a median of 61 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Zscaler's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Zscaler
high
286 stale, 19 reposted of 370 open
Hiring momentum
564 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zscaler's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zscaler.

About this role

The Director of Software Engineering for Common Platform Services at Zscaler will lead cross-functional teams to enhance the efficiency and scalability of the platform while managing senior technical talent. This role involves driving the technical roadmap, modernizing the software development lifecycle with an AI-native approach, and providing technical leadership in building enterprise-scale web services. The position requires a strong focus on collaboration, communication, and high-impact execution within a hybrid work environment.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zscaler as an employer.

What you need

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

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

What you get

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid role requires in-office presence 3 days a week
  • No specific mention of technology stack beyond AWS and GCP
  • Salary range provided but excludes commission/bonus/equity

Summarised from Zscaler's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Zscaler on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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