Principal Software Engineer

As a Principal Software Engineer in our team you'll have a key role in the design, implementation and deployment of ZoomInfo's Data Platform. The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer having built large scale data pipelines or systems using excellent problem solving skills and know-how of working in very large scales. Our data platform is a nascent initiative and you'll have the opportunity to affect its direction. You'll take the lead in bringing in new ideas, testing and validating them quickly and independently, and incorporating them while socializing them with the team.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build and operate highly scalable and flexible systems that can manage and process billions of records a day and support complex and diversified data pipelines

• Leverage cloud computing architectures to support development needs

• Track and identify relevant new technologies in the market and push their implementation into our pipelines through research and prototyping

• Develop processes and tools to monitor, analyze, maintain and improve data operation, performance and usability

• Partner closely with Engineering Leaders, Architects, and Product Managers to understand business requirements and provide technical solutions within larger roadmap

• Work closely with Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and Domain Experts to understand their needs for the data platform

• Evangelize and educate about new solutions, work across the company to apply the data processing patterns

• Find the right balance between perfection and getting the job done

Why you'll love working here:

• Solve interesting and challenging problems alongside a great team of engineers

• Develop new skills as you push your knowledge, and our technology, to new levels

• Work for a profitable, growing company with an impressive Fortune 500 client list

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

• 10+ years of Software Engineering experience in data platform / big data software, with a proven track record of delivering highly scalable and efficient solutions

• Substantial experience with Java 8+ (preferred), Scala, or Python

• Experience with streaming / data processing technologies such as Beam, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, HBase, Presto

• Proven experience building enterprise-grade software in a cloud-native environment (GCP or AWS) using cloud services such as GCS/S3, Dataflow/Glue, Dataproc/EMR, Cloud Function/Lambda, BigQuery/Athena, BigTable/Dynamo

• Deep technical understanding of software engineering and working with data at scale

• Experience in system architecture and design

• Experience in stream / data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, Google BigQuery, Google Dataflow, Presto, HBase

• Familiarity designing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Github Actions, or similar tools

• Experience with SQL, particularly performance optimization

• Experience with Graph and Vector database or processing frameworks

• Experience with Kubernetes using GKE/EKS

• Experience working in and promoting a diverse work environment

The US base salary range for this position is $180,000.00 - $247,500.00 + Bonus + Equity + Benefits.

Actual compensation offered will be based on factors such as the candidate's work location, qualifications, skills, experience and/or training. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific salary range for your desired work location during the hiring process.

We want our employees and their families to thrive. In addition to comprehensive benefits we offer holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being. Learn more about ZoomInfo benefits here.

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