# Engineering Manager - Control Plane + Distributed Systems

**Company**: Zscaler
**Location**: Hyderabad, IND
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Zscaler, a NASDAQ-listed company, is seeking an Engineering Manager to join its ZPA engineering team in Hyderabad. This hybrid role reports to the Senior Manager of Engineering, ZPA, and leads a team of 6-8 software engineers building the world's largest cloud security platform.

**Role Expectations:**

- Oversee and lead a team of engineers to develop high-quality software that is performant, scalable, reusable, extensible, secure, supportable, and reliable.

- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-availability distributed systems using technologies like Kafka, Elasticsearch, Druid, Opensearch.

- Deliver high-quality, reliable microservices and highly distributed solutions while ensuring overall system reliability.

- Monitor system performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and optimize security to maintain high availability for critical cloud systems.

- Collaborate with product managers and other engineering leaders to translate technical goals into measurable business results.

**Who You Are:**

- Thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable building the path as you walk it.

- Act like an owner with a passion for the mission, fueling your bias for action.

- Are a problem-solver, laser-focused on finding solutions to hard problems.

- Are a high-trust collaborator, ambitious for the team, and embracing a challenge culture.

- Have a true growth mindset, obsessed with your own development, and actively seek feedback.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions.

- 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including 3+ years managing global teams across the entire SDLC.

- Deep knowledge of distributed software architectures, cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure), and system monitoring solutions.

- Proven ability to lead teams in delivering highly distributed solutions.

- Skilled at partnering with product management to turn technical vision into impactful execution.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants, automated code review tooling, or LLM-assisted development workflows.

- A consistent track record of taking ownership and delivering high-quality results in a predictable fashion.

- Strong advocacy for modern practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automation-based delivery.

**Benefits:**

- Various health plans

- Time off plans for vacation and sick time

- Parental leave options

- Retirement options

- Education reimbursement

- In-office perks, and more!

## Skills

### Required
- AI/ML technologies
- Distributed software architectures
- Cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- System monitoring solutions
- Kafka
- Elasticsearch
- Druid
- Opensearch

### Nice to have
- AI coding assistants
- Automated code review tooling
- LLM-assisted development workflows
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD
- Automation-based delivery

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