Director Software Development Engineering

Zscaler

Bangalore, India
On-site
15+ years software engineering experience
7+ years leading engineering teams
High-performance gateway or datapath systems
The role involves leading the gateway/datapath engineering organization to deliver scalable, secure, and observable performance for critical dataplane capabilities

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading the gateway/datapath engineering organization to deliver scalable, secure, and observable performance for critical dataplane capabilities.
  • Candidates must have 15+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of building high-performance networking systems.
  • Zscaler offers comprehensive benefits including health plans, parental leave, retirement options, and education reimbursement.

Matching Summary

The role involves leading the gateway/datapath engineering organization to deliver scalable, secure, and observable performance for critical dataplane capabilities.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 15+ years software engineering experience
  • 7+ years leading engineering teams
  • High-performance gateway or datapath systems
  • L4-L7 proxies firewalls VPN tunneling
  • Production ownership SLOs SLIs incident management

Nice-to-have

  • SD-WAN datapaths control data plane interactions
  • Cloud-native multi-tenant environments
  • Routing switching fundamentals BGP OSPF ECMP
  • Customer obsession culture
  • Bias for action in ambiguity

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years software engineering experience
  • 7+ years leading engineering teams
  • Experience with L4-L7 proxies firewalls
  • Strong production ownership and incident management skills

Work Rights

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