Senior IDP Engineer - Build AI-Driven Dev Platform

Zoominfo; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

ZoomInfo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop services across our Backstage platform using TypeScript/Node.js, exposing REST and GraphQL APIs. You’ll own the catalog, ingestion pipelines, and developer-facing features, including AI integration and MCP servers, with ownership of reliability on GKE, ArgoCD, PostgreSQL and Redis.

You will collaborate with governance, architecture, and infra teams to translate needs into catalog models and self-service tooling, contributing to

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js with strong software architecture fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience designing and shipping REST and GraphQL APIs in production.
• Hands-on experience building or extending Backstage — plugin development, catalog model, software templates, and TechDocs.
• Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL and Redis; MongoDB familiarity is a plus.
• Experience with Kubernetes (GKE) and GCP — deployment, scaling, and production troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Working proficiency with Terraform for cloud infrastructure management.
• Practical experience integrating LLMs into production services; familiarity with MCP or Agentic AI patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design & Develop: Build and own services across our 20+ microservice Backstage platform using TypeScript and Node.js, exposing REST and GraphQL APIs consumed by other services and the Backstage frontend.
• Catalog & Entity Pipeline: Own the Backstage catalog and ingestion pipeline that syncs entities from Helm, ArgoCD, GCP, and GitHub — nightly and on-demand.
• Developer-Facing Features: Extend the platform with engineering maturity scoring, change management workflows, AI-generated reports, and test management tooling.
• AI Integration: Develop LLM-powered services and MCP servers that make catalog and engineering data accessible to humans and AI agents.
• Operational Excellence: Own service reliability on GKE via ArgoCD GitOps, PostgreSQL and Redis datastores, and Datadog monitoring — including incident response and runbook ownership. Collaborate with engineering, governance, architecture, and infrastructure teams to translate needs into catalog models, golden paths, and self-service tooling.

Skills

TypeScript & Node.js

REST & GraphQL APIs

Backstage platform

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kubernetes (GKE)

GCP

ArgoCD

Helm

GitHub Actions

Terraform

LLMs integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Backstage

PostgreSQL

Redis

MongoDB

Kubernetes (GKE)

GCP

ArgoCD

Helm

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

ZoomInfo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop services across our Backstage platform using TypeScript/Node.js, exposing REST and GraphQL APIs. You’ll own the catalog, ingestion pipelines, and developer-facing features, including AI integration and MCP servers, with ownership of reliability on GKE, ArgoCD, PostgreSQL and Redis.

You will collaborate with governance, architecture, and infra teams to translate needs into catalog models and self-service tooling, contributing to