Principal Software Engineer

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.

About the Job

This role sits on the Chorus Engineering team in Toronto, working on mission-critical backend systems that power our conversation intelligence platform. You'll be a technical anchor on the team, setting standards, driving architecture, and elevating the engineers around you.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and deploy architecture and implementation of mission-critical backend systems from inception to production
• Drive technical standards, architecture decision records, and actively participate in and elevate the quality of code reviews
• Improve the existing product and support large-scale system performance and reliability
• Mentor senior engineers through technical partnership, not direct management
• Build third-party integrations with major conference providers using SDKs

What You Bring

• 9+ years of hands-on software development experience using Python
• Proven experience with distributed systems software design
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API standards
• Proven experience in distributed microservices development
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
• Knowledge of industry best practices for package management and release cycles (CI/CD)
• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB / Elasticsearch) and SQL databases
• Strong personal accountability and informal leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills

Education

• BSc in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

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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 .

Below is the US base salary for this position. Additional compensation such as Bonus, Commission, Equity and other benefits may also apply.

$161,360 — $242,040 USD

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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