ZoomInfo

At ZoomInfo, we encourage creativity, value innovation, demand teamwork, expect accountability and cherish results. We value your take charge, take initiative, get stuff done attitude and will help you unlock your growth potential. One great choice can change everything. Thrive with us at ZoomInfo.

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Account AI team, you will get to work on exciting, high impact, AI-powered solutions for sales and marketing users. If you like working on tough problems, whether that’s building systems that handle millions of customer requests per day or how to make sense of over a billion pieces of potentially correlated data, ZoomInfo could be the right place for you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing, building and operating highly scalable and flexible systems
• Following, researching and leveraging the latest developments in AI and NLP
• Working with foundation large language and embedding models
• Leveraging cloud computing architectures to support development needs
• Utilizing the enormous set of ZoomInfo’s data on companies and contacts to deliver high value products leveraging AI and NLP
• Partnering closely with Engineering Leaders, Architects, and Product Managers to understand business requirements and provide technical solutions within larger roadmap

Why you’ll love working here:

• Solve interesting and challenging problems alongside an outstanding 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
• 12+ years of Software Engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering highly scalable and efficient solutions, primarily in backend oriented roles
• Substantial experience in architecture and system design
• Substantial experience with one or more modern programming languages (Java, C#, Javascript, etc)
• Substantial experience building enterprise-grade software in a cloud-native environment (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure) utilizing infrastructure such as Kubernetes, Cloud functions, Cloud storage, PubSub, etc.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, etc
• Experience working in fast-paced startup/scaleup environments 
• Experience working in and promoting a diverse work environment
• Exceptional mentoring skills, fostering the professional growth and development of junior team members
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Strong sense of ownership with a bias towards action

Preferred:

• Experience with foundation large language models such as GPT, Claude, Llama, etc
• Experience with prompt engineering and LLM application development, including practices such as Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Experience with embedding models and vector databases such as Pinecone, Chroma, pgvector, etc

The US base salary range for this position is $180,000.00 - $225,000.00 + variable compensation + 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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About us: 

ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI) is the trusted go-to-market platform for businesses to find, acquire, and grow their customers. It delivers accurate, real-time data, insights, and technology to more than 35,000 companies worldwide. Businesses use ZoomInfo to increase efficiency, consolidate technology stacks, and align their sales and marketing teams — all in one platform. 

ZoomInfo may use a software-based assessment as part of the recruitment process. More information about this tool, including the results of the most recent bias audit, is available here.

ZoomInfo is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for applicants and employees regardless of sex, race, age, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability status, religion, protected military or veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable law. At ZoomInfo, we also consider qualified candidates with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.