Principal Software Engineer, ZoomInfo
$163.8-257.4k
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1001+ employees
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$163.8-257.4k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the growth potential of professionals and businesses with a modern end-to-end revenue operating system.
Role
Who you are
- Technical Leadership & System Design
- Proven experience building web crawling or large-scale data systems from scratch
- Strong architectural skills designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Track record leading complex technical initiatives and driving architecture direction for teams
- Demonstrated ability to evolve production systems incrementally while maintaining reliability
- Data Engineering Expertise
- Deep background in large-scale data engineering (terabytes daily)
- Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
- Experience with Apache Kafka, Kubernetes (GKE/EKS), and orchestration tools (Airflow)
- Familiarity with multi-cloud environments (GCP + AWS)
- Expertise designing and operating ETL/ELT pipelines
- Web Crawling & Data Extraction
- Deep expertise in web crawling technologies and advanced scraping (Scrapy or similar)
- Experience extracting structured/unstructured web data and SERP extraction
- Knowledge of proxy infrastructure management, anti-bot detection, and ethical crawling
- Familiarity with crawling vendors and AI/LLM-based extraction approaches
- Leadership & Team Development
- Experience mentoring engineers at all levels and fostering collaborative culture
- Strong ability to influence technical direction and establish best practices
- Track record hiring, coaching, and developing senior engineers
- Background & Mindset
- Startup or small company experience wearing multiple hats
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and pioneering new capabilities
- Entrepreneurial mindset with bias toward action and iteration
- Excellent communicator who explains complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Ideal Candidate Profile
- 10+ years software engineering experience
- 5+ years focused on data engineering
- 3+ years in senior/principal-level technical leadership
- Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, distributed systems)
- Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced environments
- B2B data company or data-as-a-product experience a plus
- Python & Java
- Apache Kafka
- GCP (BigQuery, GKE, Vertex AI)
- Snowflake & Starburst/Trino
- Terraform
- Scrapy / Web Scraping Frameworks
- Proxy Management Systems
- Distributed Systems & Kubernetes
- Apache Airflow
- Large-Scale ETL Pipelines
- Nice to have: Expert-level experience with Apache Spark
What the job involves
- We're looking for an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to serve as the de facto Technical Lead for our Web Data Acquisition (WDA) team - designing and leading the next generation of ZoomInfo's web crawling and data extraction infrastructure
- This is a highly visible, hands-on technical leadership role where you'll own the architectural direction for crawling systems, evolve and unify crawling platforms into a best-in-class stack, and elevate a high-performing engineering team
- You'll solve complex distributed systems challenges, build modular tooling that accelerates delivery, and set the standard for observability and operational excellence
- This is not a people management role
- You'll have a dedicated manager handling all HR and administrative responsibilities
- A product manager connects business needs with technical work
- Your focus is 100% technical leadership, mentorship, and hands-on execution
- This role sits at the heart of ZoomInfo's data platform
- You'll shape the infrastructure that powers our business intelligence products, define long-term technical direction, and leave a lasting impact across the company - while working at massive scale with cutting-edge technologies
- You'll be joining at a pivotal moment: the team is growing, the ambition is high, and the opportunity to define how web data acquisition is done at ZoomInfo is yours to shape
Our take
It was only a few years ago when B2B sales teams relied on warm introductions and contact books. Now, cloud-based CRM, automation and Big Data are critical tools for any selling process. ZoomInfo’s B2B contact base has played a massive part in that journey.
The company primarily helps salespeople find potential customers. Crucially, ZoomInfo then leverages technology to help make that approach as successful as possible. Think contact details of the most likely budget holder at that company, signal for when and how to approach and crucial updates on the company’s fortunes.
ZoomInfo has grown significantly over the previous few years and is now shifting its approach to pursue more inorganic growth through mergers and acquisitions, acquiring several companies in 2022, including the job recruitment website Comparably.
The risk for ZoomInfo is that these moves represent expansion beyond its traditional strengths in top-of-funnel customer acquisition. The company will need to ensure that it maximises synergies in order to win in these markets. The company has expanded operations in India and is set to see further expansion, as indicated by its appearance on the Fortune Future 50 list of robust and growing companies in 2023.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2004
$7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $7m
Company benefits
- Benefits for the Best You - 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
- Base Pay - We attract and retain the best talent with competitive compensation that aligns with industry benchmarks and merit programs yearly for promotions and salary increases based on performance, time in role, and position to market
- Bonus - When you crush it, we like to celebrate! Bonuses are awarded annually in connection with company and individual performance
- Equity - We offer each employee a generous equity award in the form of RSUs, so they can directly feel the results and success of their hard work
- Vacation & Time Off - We know everyone's needs are different so we offer flexible paid time off plans including an unlimited vacation option for many employees
- Hybrid Working Model - We offer flexible hybrid remote working models to promote equity, employee wellness, and work life balance
Company HQ
Vancouver
Leadership
Henry Schuck
(Founder & CEO)Originally founded DiscoverOrg which went on to become ZoomInfo through an acquisition in 2019.
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