Director, Software Development Engineering

Zscaler

San Jose, United States
$206,500; not specified; not specified py
On-site
Gateway/datapath engineering
High-performance traffic processing
Technical strategy and execution
This role drives the technical strategy and execution for critical dataplane capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable performance that directly impacts customer experience and platform stability

Job Summary

  • This role drives the technical strategy and execution for critical dataplane capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable performance that directly impacts customer experience and platform stability.
  • Lead and grow the engineering organization, hiring and developing a strong high performing team, and building a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement.
  • Own operational excellence for production systems, improving reliability, observability, incident response, and SLO/SLI discipline to meet availability and performance targets.

Matching Summary

This role drives the technical strategy and execution for critical dataplane capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable performance that directly impacts customer experience and platform stability.

Salary

$206,500; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • gateway/datapath engineering
  • high-performance traffic processing
  • technical strategy and execution
  • operational excellence for production systems
  • cross-functional leadership and communication

Nice-to-have

  • thrive in ambiguity
  • act like an owner
  • customer-obsessed
  • positive force
  • operate with urgency

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • 7+ years leading engineering teams
  • Proven experience building and operating high-performance gateway/datapath or networking systems
  • Strong production ownership experience
  • Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills

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Not specified

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