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The platform enables businesses to manage complex product offerings, streamline commerce operations, and support evolving business models at scale.\nThis role offers the opportunity to solve challenging engineering problems involving distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, high-throughput APIs, and large-scale data processing. You will help build highly scalable, reliable, and performant services that power critical business operations across Zuora's ecosystem.\nYou will also have the opportunity to shape the future of catalog management through AI-driven innovation, building intelligent capabilities that simplify complex workflows, automate catalog operations, and transform how businesses manage and optimize their product offerings.\nAs part of the team, you will influence architectural decisions, explore emerging technologies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, innovative solutions that drive customer success and business growth.\nWhat you’ll do:\nContribute and lead on the development and scaling of a high throughput, high availability, public-facing multi-tenanted application\nLead the design and implementation of innovative solutions for complex end-user-facing and backend challenges, directly impacting user engagement and business growth\nDevelop and maintain secure, performant, and simple-to-integrate APIs for internal, B2B, and public consumers\nWork closely with product management to translate business requirements into technical specifications, and with operations to ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable systems\nExperience a culture of continuous learning, with opportunities for mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development\nLocation & Work Arrangements\nThis role is based in our Foster City, CA office and follows a hybrid work model. Team members are expected to work onsite three days per week to foster collaboration, innovation, and team connectivity.\nThis is not a fully remote position.\nAbout You\nYou bring enthusiasm for using AI tooling to aid development, coupled with a healthy disdain for AI slop. You are passionate about specification-driven and documentation-driven development, and you are adaptable, with a willingness to pick up new technologies and tools as necessary.\nYour experience and outlook:\n7+ years experience in development roles\nStrong proficiency in recent versions of Java (JDK 21 or newer) and/or Kotlin\nProficiency in Javascript/Typescript and the wider Javascript ecosystem; ideally some exposure to React\nA strong commitment to developing high-quality, testable code, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, while actively considering operational concerns such as observability, logging, and alerting throughout the development lifecycle\nExperience designing quality APIs such as REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and OpenAPI, and integrating with 3rd party APIs\nSolid understanding of web technologies including HTTP and DNS, and comfort working in Browser Developer Tools\nAPI security knowledge across OAuth2, SAML, JWT, and related standards\nStrong grounding in software engineering best practices including git, TDD, OOP principles, SOLID, and design patterns\nExperience deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting microservices in a production environment at scale\nBonus points for:\nExperience with reverse proxies such as HAProxy, Envoy, or nginx; or API gateways such as Kong\nTerraform and AWS experience\nExperience with modern frontend frameworks beyond React, especially Svelte as we explore its potential\nExperience with simulated load tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or wrk2, and JVM profiling to identify and fix performance bottlenecks\nHands-on experience with instrumentation and analysis of production metrics using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, or the ELK stack to identify performance bottlenecks and ensure system health\n\nAbout the Team\nYou will join a team that helps build and evolve Zephr, a core part of Zuora’s subscription experience platform. The team supports digital publishers and media companies in managing and optimizing subscription experiences through AI-powered paywalls and user journeys.\nYou will help the team by:\nLeading code reviews\nContributing to, proposing and reviewing technical standards\nImplement best practices\nImproving operational processes\nMentoring more junior colleagues\nOur tech stack includes:\nJava\nVert.x\nSpring\nRest APIs\nMySQL\nMicroservices\nKafka\nSpark\nNodeJS\nReact\nAWS\nKubernetes\nTerraform\nAngularJS\n\nBenefits\nZuora offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support ZEOs’ wellbeing, growth, and flexibility. While specific offerings may vary by country, we typically provide:\nCompetitive compensation, variable bonus and performance-based reward opportunities, and retirement programs\nMedical Insurance\nGenerous, flexible time off, plus paid holidays, wellness days, and a company-wide year-end break\nPaid parental leave (including fully paid leave for eligible ZEOs, subject to local policy)\nLearning & development stipend to support ongoing growth\nOpportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation matching where available\nMental wellbeing resources and support\n*Benefits may vary by location; details will be shared during the interview process\n#ZEOLife at Zuora\nZEOs (our employees) are empowered to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and make a real impact. We:\nCollaborate deeply across teams and regions\nLearn constantly and iterate often\nBuild an inclusive, high-performance culture where people feel inspired, connected, and valued\nOur Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace\nThink, be and do you.\nAt Zuora, different perspectives, experiences, and contributions matter - everyone counts.\nZuora is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of, and consider individuals seeking employment with Zuora without regard to, race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.\nWe encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to  (or local equivalent, where applicable).\nThe 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. 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