Director of Digital Engineering, Web Platforms

Palo Alto Networks

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$224,000–$318,000 / yr
Posted
49 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $215k
This role $271k
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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$261,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $271k versus about $215k for comparable roles.

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About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.

Palo Alto Networks currently has 34 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$257,750 across 32 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director of Digital Engineering, Web Platforms

As the Director of Digital Engineering - Web Platforms, you will join the Marketing team to lead a global organization of front end and back end engineers, platform architects, and AEM developers. You will own the technical vision, development, and scalability of global web properties while modernizing marketing operations through AI-powered workflows and modular architectures. Your daily responsibilities include managing the software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies, overseeing Site Reliability Engineering practices, and ensuring ADA/WCAG compliance. You will work with technologies including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), HTL, Sling, Java, RESTful APIs, React, Vue, and various MarTech tools like Adobe Target and Salesforce. The role focuses on solving the challenge of delivering hyper-personalized experiences through automated workflows, advanced analytics integration, and high-performance web infrastructure to connect unknown users to known leads across a global digital ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the technical roadmap and architecture for all customer-facing web properties.
  • Oversee enterprise-grade Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) implementation and manage multi-site, multi-lingual deployment environments.
  • Integrate Machine Learning models and Generative AI into the web ecosystem to automate marketing workflows.
  • Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to ensure 24/7 global stability and zero downtime deployments.
  • Recruit, mentor, and lead a global organization of front-end and back-end engineers and platform architects.
  • Manage the software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
  • Integrate web platforms with CDPs, analytics engines, tag management systems, and personalization tools.
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications while ensuring global privacy compliance and accessibility standards.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Design, or a related technical field.
  • 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Web Development, or MarTech leadership within B2B Tech or enterprise environments.
  • Expert proficiency in AEM (HTL, Templates, Components, ClientLibs), Sling Models, OSGi services, and RESTful APIs.
  • Proficiency in Java, OSGi, Sling, JCR, and modern front-end frameworks like React or Vue.
  • Experience with HTML5, CSS3 (SASS/LESS), ES6+, and ensuring ADA/WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance.
  • Proven experience integrating CMS platforms with CDPs, personalization tools, analytics engines, tag management, and CRMs.
  • Practical experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into web applications and automated workflow systems.
  • Strong background in Agile/Scrum, CI/CD pipelines, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and global data privacy standards (GDPR, CCPA).

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