Senior Backend Engineer - Hybrid (3 days Onsite) APIs & Kafka

Zuora; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Bonus opportunities

Retirement programs

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO

Parental leave

Learning & development stipend

Volunteer time and donation matching

Mental wellbeing resources

Job summary

Zuora is seeking an experienced backend or full-stack engineer to join the Integration Hub team in Foster City. You will design scalable integration services, build event-driven architectures, and develop RESTful APIs and distributed microservices using Java and modern tech.

You will collaborate with Product, Platform, Security, and partners, focusing on performance, observability, and reliability, and contribute to architecture discussions while writing clean, well-tested code.

Qualifications

• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Engineering or equivalent discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in backend or full-stack software development.
• Knowledge and experience in the Payment domain.
• Strong expertise in Java (preferred) or another modern programming language.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and distributed microservices.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka or similar messaging systems).
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Experience with relational databases (Postgres, SQL, AWS RDS).
• Knowledge of system reliability, observability, and performance optimization.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working on integration platforms, SaaS products, or enterprise systems is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable integration services, APIs, and connectors.
• Develop event-driven and microservices-based architectures to enable real-time data flows.
• Partner closely with Product, Platform, Security, and external partners to deliver reliable and extensible integration capabilities.
• Improve system performance, observability, and resilience across distributed systems.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code aligned with engineering best practices.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and drive technical improvements across the Integration Hub platform.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

Distributed microservices

Event-driven architecture

AWS cloud

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Observability

Debugging

Communication

Education

B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Job description

Zuora is seeking an experienced backend or full-stack engineer to join the Integration Hub team in Foster City. You will design scalable integration services, build event-driven architectures, and develop RESTful APIs and distributed microservices using Java and modern tech.

You will collaborate with Product, Platform, Security, and partners, focusing on performance, observability, and reliability, and contribute to architecture discussions while writing clean, well-tested code.