Senior Software Engineer — AI-Powered Platform (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Learning & development stipend

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Zuora is hiring a seasoned full-stack engineer to design and develop flexible, high-performance backend services and AI-enabled product capabilities. You will build end-to-end features across frontend and backend, collaborating with Data Science, Product, UX, and Platform teams to productionize models and deploy AI-powered workflows.

The role emphasizes strong engineering fundamentals, cloud APIs (AWS), microservices (Spring Boot), and relational databases.

Qualifications

• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Hands-on expertise in a modern programming language (Java preferred).
• Strong understanding of cloud-based APIs (preferably AWS).
• Experience with microservices architecture (Spring Boot a plus).
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (Postgres, SQL, AWS RDS).
• Proven debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Curiosity and passion for exploring new technologies and AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable).
• Experience with agentic model architectures and RAG-based system implementation is a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of Python and data modeling is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop flexible, high-performance backend services and user-facing applications.
• Build end-to-end product capabilities across frontend and backend systems.
• Partner with Data Science, Product, UX, Platform, and Partner teams to productionize models and integrate AI capabilities.
• Bridge experimentation and production by building APIs, services, pipelines, and tooling for data science solutions.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development velocity, code quality, and productivity.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code following best practices.

Skills

Java

AWS

Spring Boot

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Problem solving

Communication

Education

B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

RESTful APIs

SQL

Job description

Zuora is hiring a seasoned full-stack engineer to design and develop flexible, high-performance backend services and AI-enabled product capabilities. You will build end-to-end features across frontend and backend, collaborating with Data Science, Product, UX, and Platform teams to productionize models and deploy AI-powered workflows.

The role emphasizes strong engineering fundamentals, cloud APIs (AWS), microservices (Spring Boot), and relational databases.