Senior Principal Software Engineer - Platform Orchestration

ZoomInfo Technologies LLC; California; Remote; USD 164,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

ZoomInfo is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive architectural direction across Integrations, Workflows & Orchestration, and Data Management. You will embed with teams on a rotating basis, write production-grade code, and help remove blockers on high-impact initiatives.

You’ll lead with influence to shape scalable, fault-tolerant systems using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/NestJS, Kafka, and modern workflow platforms. Mentoring and executive-level communication are key parts of the role.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time in senior or staff-level roles, with a track record of technical leadership across multiple teams
• Deep experience designing and operating backend distributed systems at scale, with strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot) and/or Node.js (NestJS)
• Experience building or owning integrations or connectors with CRM, marketing automation, sales engagement, or data warehouse platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Snowflake, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority by aligning teams, driving decisions, and earning trust across engineering, product, and business stakeholders
• Strong track record leading platform modernization, reliability, and observability initiatives, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to executive leadership

Responsibilities

• Embed with Integrations, Workflows & Orchestration, and Data Management teams on a rotating basis, writing production-quality code and unblocking the hardest technical problems
• Define and evolve scalable, fault-tolerant, event-driven architecture on Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/NestJS, Kafka, and workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal or Google Cloud Workflows
• Lead response and root-cause analysis for high-severity incidents and systemic reliability issues
• Drive platform modernization by consolidating integration patterns, re-architecting legacy systems, and improving observability
• Establish best practices for idempotency, retries, error handling, state management, API and webhook versioning, and workflow design
• Shape multi-quarter roadmaps with the Senior Director, Engineering Managers, and Product, bringing technical feasibility, sizing, and risk into prioritization
• Lead build-vs-buy evaluations and author architecture decision records and design docs that guide teams over multiple quarters
• Mentor engineers at all levels and serve as a senior interviewer to raise the hiring bar

Skills

Java Spring Boot

Node.js NestJS

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Kafka

Temporal / Google Cloud Workflows

Observability

Tools

Kafka

Temporal

Google Cloud Workflows

Airflow

Job description

ZoomInfo is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive architectural direction across Integrations, Workflows & Orchestration, and Data Management. You will embed with teams on a rotating basis, write production-grade code, and help remove blockers on high-impact initiatives.

You’ll lead with influence to shape scalable, fault-tolerant systems using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/NestJS, Kafka, and modern workflow platforms. Mentoring and executive-level communication are key parts of the role.