Senior Backend Engineer - APIs, Data Infra, Scalable

Zoom; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoom is seeking a Software Engineer for the platform team to own and deliver full features, building reliable APIs and data infrastructure that shape the customer experience. You will collaborate with backend, application, and frontend engineers to design clean, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes ownership of core infrastructure, ML systems, and performance-focused development to meet service level commitments and product demand.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, backend focus.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Proven experience with AWS, Postgres, Node.js in production.
• Strong skills across TypeGraphQL, Apollo/Express, React, RDS, ClickHouse.

Responsibilities

• Design and build infrastructure, data models, and APIs powering core platform features.
• Write well-designed, tested code focusing on performance and scalability.
• Develop testing, validation procedures, and documentation to uphold quality.
• Own internal infrastructure and ML systems to serve evolving customer needs.
• Analyze complex system challenges and deliver simple, scalable designs with observability.

Skills

AWS

Postgres

Node.js

TypeGraphQL

Apollo/Express

React

RDS

ClickHouse

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Zoom is seeking a Software Engineer for the platform team to own and deliver full features, building reliable APIs and data infrastructure that shape the customer experience. You will collaborate with backend, application, and frontend engineers to design clean, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes ownership of core infrastructure, ML systems, and performance-focused development to meet service level commitments and product demand.