As a Senior Software Engineer on the Backend Platform team, you'll design and build the systems that power complex workflows, orchestration, and event-driven processing across ZoomInfo's platform. You'll work on highly scalable backend services that coordinate millions of events and workflows, enabling reliable automation and data processing at scale.
You'll leverage technologies like Temporal, Google Cloud Workflows, Kafka, and modern backend frameworks to build resilient, observable, and fault-tolerant systems. Your work will be foundational to how data and processes move across ZoomInfo's ecosystem.
Our engineering culture values diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness. We encourage collaboration, big thinking, and calculated risk-taking in a blame-free environment. You'll have the autonomy to work on meaningful projects while receiving the support and mentorship needed to grow your career.
What You Will Do:- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js (NestJS)
- Develop and manage workflow orchestration systems using tools like Temporal, Google Cloud Workflows, or similar platforms
- Build and optimize event-driven architectures using Kafka or other streaming technologies
- Design systems for reliable job execution, retries, state management, and long-running processes
- Implement orchestration patterns for complex, multi-step business processes
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability of backend systems handling large volumes of events
- Design and maintain APIs and internal services that integrate with workflow engines
- Build observability into systems (logging, tracing, metrics) to monitor workflow health and performance
- Collaborate with product and platform teams to define workflow requirements and execution guarantees (SLAs/SLOs)
- Optimize system performance, throughput, and latency across distributed systems
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in complex, asynchronous systems
- Establish best practices for workflow design, idempotency, and error handling
- Participate in code reviews and mentor engineers on backend and distributed systems design
- Develop and maintain high-quality code across multiple systems and applications, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers, conducting thorough code reviews and sharing knowledge to elevate team capabilities
- Collaborate on architectural decisions and technical design reviews, contributing expertise to ensure system scalability, maintainability, and performance
- Lead medium to large-scale feature development and technical initiatives, working independently while coordinating with cross-functional teams
- Participate in agile development processes, sprint planning, and technical discussions to drive continuous improvement in development practices
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating new tools and frameworks for potential adoption
- Support production systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, and implementing reliability improvements
What You Bring:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems
- Strong experience with Java (Spring Boot) and/or Node.js (NestJS)
- Experience with workflow orchestration systems using tools like Temporal, Google Cloud Workflows, or similar platforms
- Build and optimize event-driven architectures using Kafka or other streaming technologies
- Design systems for reliable job execution, retries, state management, and long-running processes
- Implement orchestration patterns for complex, multi-step business processes
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability of backend systems handling large volumes of events
- Design and maintain APIs and internal services that integrate with workflow engines
- Build observability into systems (logging, tracing, metrics) to monitor workflow health and performance
- Collaborate with product and platform teams to define workflow requirements and execution guarantees (SLAs/SLOs)
- Optimize system performance, throughput, and latency across distributed systems
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in complex, asynchronous systems
- Establish best practices for workflow design, idempotency, and error handling
- Participate in code reviews and mentor engineers on backend and distributed systems design
- Solid understanding of software architecture patterns, cloud platforms, databases, and distributed systems concepts
- Solid understanding of REST APIs, webhooks, and event-driven architectures
- Proven experience with performance optimization, security best practices, and scalable system design
- Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, production-quality code and conduct effective code reviews
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex technical issues and implement robust solutions
- Excellent communication skills for collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and mentoring junior team members
- Experience with agile development methodologies, version control systems, and CI/CD practices
What's In It For You:- Top notch tech stack
- Market leading product offering (check out our long list of G2 awards)
- ERG (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace
- Benefits to Help You Thrive
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision
- Eligibility for Future Equity Awards
- 401k Matching (50% of the first 7% of your contribution)
- 12 weeks Parental Leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks for secondary caregivers
- Family forming benefits up to $20k, plus discounts on a Care.com membership
- Virgin Pulse Wellness Program
- Optional add ons such as pet insurance, legal service support, and more!
This role is a hybrid position, with the option to work from home on Mondays & Fridays.
The US base salary range for this position is $140,000.00 - $200,000.00 + variable compensation + benefits.
Actual compensation offered will be based on factors such as the candidate's work location, qualifications, skills, experience and/or training. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific salary range for your desired work location during the hiring process.
We want our employees and their families to thrive. In addition to comprehensive benefits we offer holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being. Learn more about ZoomInfo benefits here.
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