Software Engineer

Zuora; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading subscription management company in Greater London seeks a skilled developer to contribute to their subscription experience platform. This role involves working with a variety of technologies, including Java and microservices, while focusing on developing secure APIs and driving user engagement. The ideal candidate will have proficiency in modern web technologies and be excited about adopting new AI tools for development. The position requires regular office attendance for collaboration.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for using AI tooling to aid development.
• Passion for specification-driven development.
• Experience with browser developer tools.
• Strong understanding of HTTP and DNS.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of a high throughput application.
• Lead design and implementation of innovative solutions.
• Develop and maintain secure performance APIs.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications.

Skills

Strong proficiency in recent versions of Java (JDK 21 or newer)

Proficiency in Javascript/Typescript

Designing quality APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)

Commitment to high-quality, testable code

Experience deploying microservices in production

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

NodeJS

Job description

Company Overview

At Zuora, we do Modern Business. We’re helping people subscribe to new ways of doing business that are better for people, companies and ultimately the planet. It’s an approach resulting from the shift to the Subscription Economy that puts customers first by building recurring relationships instead of one-time product sales and focuses on sustainable growth. Through our leading expertise and multi-product suite, we are transforming all industries and working with the world’s most innovative companies to monetize new business models, nurture subscriber relationships and optimize their digital experiences.

The Team & Role

The core purpose of this role is to contribute to, implement and support Zuora’s subscription experience platform, Zephr. Zephr is a key part of Zuora's offering, empowering leading digital publishers and media companies to manage and optimize their subscription experiences through AI-powered paywalls and user journeys. The role involves a blend of frontend, backend and design concerns, whilst all the while considering end user experience and handling webscale traffic. You will have opportunities to propose changes to the system architecture design whilst working with other parts of the business and vendors to determine functional requirements, collaborate on designs and iterate on technical solutions. You will help the team by taking part in code reviews, contributing to technical standards, helping to implement best practices and improve operational processes.

This is a location specific position that requires you to come into the office regularly to be most effective.

Our Tech Stack: Java, Spring, Rest API, Microservices, Kafka, Spark, NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, AngularJS

What you’ll do

• Contribute to development & scaling of a high throughput, high availability, public-facing multi-tenanted application
• Lead the design and implementation of innovative solutions for complex end-user facing and backend challenges, directly impacting user engagement and business growth.
• Develop & maintain secure, performant and simple-to-integrate APIs for internal, B2B and public consumers
• Work closely with product management to translate business requirements into technical specifications, and with operations to ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable systems.
• Experience a culture of continuous learning, with opportunities for mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development.

Your experience & outlook

• Enthusiasm for using AI tooling to aid development, coupled to a healthy disdain for AI slop
• Passion for specification-driven and documentation-driven development
• Strong proficiency in recent versions of Java (JDK 21 or newer) and/or Kotlin
• Proficiency in Javascript/Typescript and the wider Javascript ecosystem
• A strong commitment to developing high-quality, testable code, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, while actively considering operational concerns (observability, logging, alerting) throughout the development lifecycle.
• Designing quality APIs (like REST, gRPC, GraphQL, OpenAPI etc.) and integrating with 3rd party APIs.
• Solid understanding of web technologies: HTTP, DNS, at home in Browser Developer Tools
• API Security (OAuth2, SAML, JWT etc)
• Strong at the usual best practices stuff: git, TDD, OOP principles (SOLID, design patterns etc)
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting microservices in a production environment at scale.
• A willingness to be adaptable and pick up new technologies and tools as necessary

Bonus points for

• Experience with reverse proxies (HAProxy, Envoy, nginx etc)
• Terraform+AWS
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks beyond React is a plus, especially Svelte as we explore its potential
• Experience with simulated load (JMeter/Gatling/wrk2 etc) and JVM profiling to identify and fix performance bottlenecks
• Hands‑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.

ZEOLife at Zuora

As an industry pioneer, our work is constantly evolving and challenging us in new ways that require us to think differently, iterate often and learn constantly—it’s exciting. Our people, whom we refer to as “ZEOs