Zscaler
Sr Engineering Manager, API Platform
$212K–$265K
Santa Clara, California, USA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of engineering leadership, including 3+ years managing technical teams; 10+ years overall software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads the API Platform and developer tooling strategy, teams, and architecture to improve API reliability, scalability, security, and engineering productivity.
What you'll do
- Set the API Platform roadmap and govern API design and standards across teams and products.
- Oversee architecture and delivery of reliable, traceable product and provisioning APIs, microservices, workflow workers, and SDKs.
- Manage and coach senior technical contributors and partner with Product Management and Security.
What they ask for
- 8+ years as an engineering leader, including 3+ years managing technical teams in developer tooling, API platforms, or cloud-based systems across multi-language ecosystems including Java, Go, and JavaScript.
- 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, including hands-on API and SDK design for containerized environments such as Kubernetes and Docker.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud services in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Advanced understanding of API-first design and OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, and Authn/z; demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools.
Nice to have
- Practical experience applying modern AI tools to SDLC.
- Cloud Security and Networking experience, workflow automation and developer productivity tooling, or advocacy of DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Pay
$212,000 — $265,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Go, Python, gRPC, Temporal, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes
AI focus
Explore and integrate AI tools to improve daily workflows and problem-solving; preferred experience applying modern AI tools to SDLC.
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