Senior Java Backend Engineer - Hybrid, Scalable Microservices

Zuora Community; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Learning & development stipend

Employee wellness

Job summary

Zuora is seeking a Senior Java Engineer in Foster City, CA to design and optimize high-performance backend services powering enterprise billing and revenue systems. You will collaborate with product managers, architects, and DevOps to deliver scalable features with reliability.

Join a hybrid team with onsite collaboration three days a week and opportunities to mentor others while shaping architecture and coding standards in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices design.
• Solid understanding of data structures, multithreading, and design patterns.
• Experience with message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Java (11+), Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
• Build and maintain integrations with Kafka, AWS, and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and throughput for high-volume workloads.
• Participate in architectural design discussions and code reviews.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to improving engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with product and QA teams in an agile environment.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Data structures

Multithreading

Design patterns

Kafka

RabbitMQ

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS

GCP

Job description

Zuora is seeking a Senior Java Engineer in Foster City, CA to design and optimize high-performance backend services powering enterprise billing and revenue systems. You will collaborate with product managers, architects, and DevOps to deliver scalable features with reliability.

Join a hybrid team with onsite collaboration three days a week and opportunities to mentor others while shaping architecture and coding standards in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.