ZoomInfo is where careers accelerate. We move fast, think boldly, and empower you to do the best work of your life. You’ll be surrounded by teammates who care deeply, challenge each other, and celebrate wins. With tools that amplify your impact and a culture that backs your ambition, you won’t just contribute. You’ll make things happen–fast.
Senior Software Engineer – Backend:
At ZoomInfo, Talent Solutions (Recruiter Platform & Comparably) is redefining how the world hires. We build next-generation recruitment platforms that empower enterprise talent acquisition teams to source, engage, and hire top-tier candidates at scale, leveraging rich workplace culture, compensation data, and cutting-edge Generative AI and Agentic workflows.
As a Senior Backend Engineer in this space, you will architect high-throughput distributed systems that power intelligent candidate matching, autonomous agentic sourcing flows, and real-time LLM-driven interactions over massive talent graphs. If you love building intelligent, data-intensive products at massive scale using the latest AI paradigms, this is your arena.
What You’ll Do:
- Architectural Leadership: Own the design, evolution, and scaling of core backend services powering TalentOS search, matching, and AI-driven features.
- AI & Agentic Integration: Build robust backend infrastructure for LLM orchestration, intelligent agent workflows, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations to drive automated recruitment intelligence.
- High-Scale Engineering: Engineer secure, performant RESTful APIs and microservices capable of handling heavy concurrent traffic and complex multi-step agent executions.
- Complex Data Ecosystems: Design efficient data models and access patterns across SQL/NoSQL and vector/search databases to query billions of professional data points seamlessly.
- Performance & Reliability: Proactively identify system bottlenecks, optimize cloud infrastructure, and ensure elite uptime SLAs for mission-critical recruitment workflows.
- Technical Mentorship: Elevate the engineering bar by guiding junior talent, spearheading rigorous code reviews, and driving technical execution.
What You Bring:
- Core Experience: 7+ years of rigorous backend engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing and scaling production-grade distributed systems.
- Technical Depth: Expert-level proficiency in at least one modern object-oriented programming language (such as Java, Go, or Python), with a deep understanding of OOP design principles, concurrency, and clean code architecture.
- AI & Modern Tech Fluency: A strong understanding of LLMs, agentic architectures, and emerging standards like Model Context Protocol (MCP), with an enthusiasm for applying modern AI capabilities to backend systems.
- System Design & Cloud Expertise: Strong grasp of distributed systems principles, public cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), and containerization/orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Data Fluency: Hands-on experience with modern SQL/NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and data modeling for high read/write throughput.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience) from a premier institution.
Why ZoomInfo Talent Solutions? You will sit at the bleeding edge of enterprise SaaS and GenAI, building products that completely transform how companies discover and hire talent. We offer the technical autonomy of a high-growth AI-first team paired with the scale of a global industry leader.
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About us:
ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM) is the Go-To-Market Intelligence Platform that empowers businesses to grow faster with AI-ready insights, trusted data, and advanced automation. Its solutions provide more than 35,000 companies worldwide with a complete view of their customers, making every seller their best seller.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of backend engineering experience
- Experience designing and scaling production-grade distributed systems
- Expert proficiency in at least one modern object-oriented language such as Java, Go, or Python
- Understanding of object-oriented design principles, concurrency, and clean code architecture
- Understanding of LLMs, agentic architectures, and Model Context Protocol
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems principles
- Experience with public cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with caching strategies and high-throughput data modeling
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
ZoomInfo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ZoomInfo and has not been reviewed or approved by ZoomInfo.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus mental health, transgender healthcare, wellness programs, gym reimbursement, and notable fertility assistance. Healthcare options are often described as competitive and a prominent strength of the total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Programs include generous parental leave, childcare assistance, Care.com access, and substantial adoption and surrogacy support. Family-forming benefits and leave policies indicate robust support for different life stages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Salaried employees receive unlimited time off alongside paid holidays, flexible time off, wellness days, and bereavement leave. Unlimited PTO is described as genuinely usable in some roles and a meaningful component of the package.
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What We Do
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Why Work With Us
ZoomInfo is where the world’s brightest minds in Data and Go-To-Market come together to do their best work. We’re a founder-led organization that recognizes your success with 2x the career mobility of our SaaS peers. Being action-oriented, resourceful, and resilient will not only help you fit in, it will help you thrive.
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