Software Engineer III

Zuora
Foster City, CA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$146,500.0 - $201,450.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Software Quality Computer Engineering Relational Databases Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements) Software Debugging High-Level Architecture Spring Framework
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Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Machine Learning Node.Js Software Tools Software Engineering SQL Databases TypeScript ReactJS Apache Spark Spring-boot Backend Amazon Relational Database Service Kubernetes Apache Kafka Front End Software Development Restful APIs Terraform GPT Zuora Microservices

Job description

  • Design and develop flexible, high-performance backend services and user-facing applications that enable deep product customization and scalability.
  • Build end-to-end product capabilities across frontend and backend systems, with a primary emphasis on strong engineering fundamentals and product quality.
  • Partner closely with Data Science, Product, UX, Platform, and Partner teams to productionize models, integrate AI/ML capabilities into product workflows, and scale intelligent systems reliably.
  • Help bridge experimentation and production by building the APIs, services, pipelines, and tooling needed to deploy, monitor, and evolve data science solutions in real-world applications.
  • Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development velocity, code quality, and team productivity.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code, following strong software engineering practices and a mindset of continuous improvement.
  • Build products that are intuitive, elegant, and user-focused - solving real problems for modern revenue teams.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code, adhering to best engineering practices and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Engineering or equivalent discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
  • Hands-on expertise in a modern programming language (Java preferred).
  • Strong understanding of cloud-based APIs (preferably AWS).
  • Experience with microservices architecture (Spring Boot a plus).
  • Solid knowledge of relational databases (Postgres, SQL, AWS RDS).
  • Proven debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Curiosity and passion for exploring new technologies and AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable).
  • Experience with agentic model architectures and RAG-based system implementation is a strong advantage.
  • Knowledge of Python and data modeling is a strong plus.

Our Tech Stack: Java, Python, Spring, Rest API, Microservices, Kafka, Spark, NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ReactJS, Typescript, Postgres.

Benefits & conditions

Zuora offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support ZEOs’ wellbeing, growth, and flexibility. While specific offerings may vary by country, we typically provide:

  • Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance-based reward opportunities, and retirement programs
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous, flexible time off, plus paid holidays, wellness days, and a company-wide year-end break
  • Paid parental leave (including fully paid leave for eligible ZEOs, subject to local policy)
  • Learning & development stipend to support ongoing growth
  • Opportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation matching where available
  • Mental wellbeing resources and support

*Benefits may vary by location; details will be shared during the interview process

ZEOLife at Zuora

ZEOs (our employees) are empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and make a real impact. We:

  • Collaborate deeply across teams and regions
  • Learn constantly and iterate often
  • Build an inclusive, high-performance culture where people feel inspired, connected, and valued, The base pay details represent the annualized salary range for the posted position. While we share a comprehensive range, a candidate’s final base salary will fall within these guidelines and will be determined based on multiple factors including but not limited to: qualifications of the candidate, job related knowledge, prior related experience, specific and unique skills, the location of the role, internal equity and internal budget. Base pay is only one element of Zuora’s Total Rewards Package. Additional elements may also include bonus/variable compensation, equity and comprehensive benefits, more details found here.

About the company

At Zuora, we help businesses grow smarter and adapt faster. Our platform powers modern business models - from subscriptions and usage-based pricing to AI-driven and outcome-based offerings - helping companies launch new products, automate complex billing, and unlock predictable, recurring revenue.

We’ve led the Subscription Economy for more than a decade. Now we’re evolving again by building the definitive platform for quote to cash and helping companies monetize their products and services with an adaptable, AI-ready foundation., Product and Engineering’s AI Core team is building the next generation of intelligent product capabilities at Zuora. We are focused on creating scalable, AI-ready system that enable agentic workflows, model-driven experiences, RAG-based solution, and extensible platform services across our products.

Our team partners closely with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to design and deliver production-grade AI systems - from backend services and APIs to agentic model development, RAG system implementation, orchestration, integration, and scalable deployment patterns.

We’re on a multi-year journey to build a next-generation, microservices-based architecture that is modular, extensible, and designed to support the future of AI-powered revenue operations.

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