Manager, Software Development Engineering
Zscaler, Bangalore, IND +1
The role
We are seeking a hands-on, visionary Engineering Manager to lead and grow a core segment of our platform engineering team in the India region. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering in the Engineering department. We are looking for a technical leader who has deep software engineering roots, is comfortable diving into codebases, reviews architecture decisions, and actively guides technical trade-offs rather than just managing from a distance.
In this role, you will lead high-caliber software and platform engineers building managed data stores, internal developer platforms, and automation pipelines.
What you will do
- Provide active architectural oversight, reviewing and challenging system designs, microservices patterns, and distributed data store strategies to ensure high availability, low latency, and minimal tech debt
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with senior engineers and tech leads, using your past coding background to debug complex system bottlenecks, evaluate code health, and drive engineering excellence