Director, Engineering

We are looking for a builder, a leader, and a talent magnet. You bring:

Team builder and talent magnet: you've built engineering teams from scratch. You recruit senior engineers from your network and selectively from outside, develop them into top performers, and set culture and operating norms early to grow a high-performing team from a blank page.

AI-native posture : you actively use modern AI coding and agent tooling in your own work, and you have championed AI-tooling adoption in teams you've led. You're not someone who's "open to AI", you're already practicing it.

Deep platform expertise with multi-platform breadth : deep expertise in at least one major enterprise SaaS platform (Workday HR strongly preferred), with proven breadth across two or more others (ServiceNow, Workday Financials, Salesforce, or similar). You know what excellence looks like in SaaS platform engineering and have built it more than once.

Distributed engineering leadership : you have led offshore or distributed engineering centers, you have worked closely with US-based companies and leadership teams across the US-India time gap, and you understand how to keep distributed teams in sync on culture, operations excellence, and engineering practices.

Multi-domain leadership : you have run engineering for multiple business domains simultaneously (HR, Support, Finance, Sales) and can context-switch credibly across stakeholder groups.

Engineering leadership across software development and systems administration : you have led both application engineering and platform configuration/administration functions; you understand the differences, the interfaces between them, and how to staff and manage each. Sufficient hands-on background (programming, configuration, or platform certification) to engage credibly with senior individual contributors on architectural decisions.

15+ years of experience in enterprise SaaS platform engineering , with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles managing managers and multi-functional engineering teams.

Exceptional written and verbal English communication : you will be in rooms with senior US leadership regularly.

Additional differentiating qualifications:

Workday Studio, EIB, or scripted integration depth (5+ years)

Experience partnering closely with a US-based VP or senior executive (5+ years)

ServiceNow platform experience (2+ years)

SOX or compliance-driven environment experience (2+ years)

Workday Financials experience (1-year or more preferred)

Active in the Workday or ServiceNow ecosystem (community, conferences, certifications)

Location

This role will be based in Bangalore, India. The role will require in-person presence at our Zillow Bangalore office and period travel to the US may be required for partnership, planning and leadership offsites.

At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers.

As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., Zillow helps millions of customers navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting with greater ease and confidence. Our teams in India play a critical role in building and scaling the technology, products, and operations that power this experience.

Whether you’re working in tech, operations, or shared services, you’ll collaborate with global partners to solve meaningful problems and help more people make home a reality.

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the U.S.. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025, and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.

No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, maternity status, HIV status, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to candidates with disabilities, in accordance with applicable policies.