Director, Platform Engineering: AI-Driven Cloud Services

Zscaler; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Zscaler in San Jose, California, seeks a Director of Engineering for Common Platform Services. You will lead large cross‑functional teams, own the technical roadmap, and deliver scalable, AI‑native platforms across Zscaler Workflow Automation, Unified Authorization, and other common services.

Hybrid role (San Jose office 3 days a week) reporting to the VP of Software Engineering. You will grow senior technical talent, emphasize execution, and partner with product and security teams to advance

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with 10+ years in people management and product/service delivery across clouds.

Responsibilities

• Lead large cross-functional teams to drive the technical roadmap and scale engineering talent.
• Provide deep technical leadership with hands-on cloud experience (AWS/GCP).
• Modernize SDLC and drive AI-native transformation across the platform.
• Ensure enterprise-scale, secure workflow automation and integration with Salesforce, AWS, and GCP.

Skills

AI tooling

Cloud leadership

People management

Cross-functional

Executive communication

AWS

GCP

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Zscaler in San Jose, California, seeks a Director of Engineering for Common Platform Services. You will lead large cross‑functional teams, own the technical roadmap, and deliver scalable, AI‑native platforms across Zscaler Workflow Automation, Unified Authorization, and other common services.

Hybrid role (San Jose office 3 days a week) reporting to the VP of Software Engineering. You will grow senior technical talent, emphasize execution, and partner with product and security teams to advance