Zuora
Senior Software Engineer
Foster City, California, United States · Senior
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$331 more — $165,131 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $165,131 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- This role is based in our Foster City, CA office and follows a hybrid work model.
- Team members are expected to work onsite three days per week to foster collaboration, innovation, and team connectivity.
Responsibilities
- Agent Harness Engineering: Build and own the core agent harness layer, including the execution loop (ReAct/Plan-Act), state persistence, dynamic prompt assembly, output schema validation, and retry mechanisms.
- Tool Dispatch & Sandboxing: Design safe tool-execution runtimes and schema-validated function dispatchers that allow agents to execute complex deal operations, policy checks, and pricing adjustments securely.
- Guardrails & Feedback Loops: Build computational and inferential feedback sensors (evaluators, deterministic policy linters, and verification checks) to enforce strict margin guardrails, discount limits, and compliance rules.
- Backend Architecture: Design low-latency, event-driven Core Java microservices to back the harness, driving state transitions, audit logs, and integration with Zuora Billing and CRM platforms.
- Technical Leadership: Set technical standards for agent harness design, drive evaluation/eval-driven development practices, and mentor senior engineers across squads.
- Collaborate deeply across teams and regions
- Build an inclusive, high-performance culture where people feel inspired, connected, and valued
Requirements
- Core Java Mastery: 8+ years of hands-on experience in modern Java (17+), JVM internals, concurrency models, Spring Boot, and cloud-native distributed architecture.
- Agentic Frameworks & AI Tooling: Practical experience with LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, or custom in-house agent orchestration runtimes and vector databases (e.g., Pgvector, Pinecone).
- Cloud & Runtime Security: Experience with AWS, Docker/container isolation, Kubernetes, and securing agent execution pathways against improper tool invocations or prompt injection.
- Domain Expertise: Experience in Enterprise Deal Desk operations, revenue operations, quote-to-cash workflows, dynamic pricing engines, or high-volume SaaS approval chains.
Nice to have
- We've led the Subscription Economy for more than a decade.
- Zuora is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and scale our Agentic Deal Desk product.
- Agent Harness Engineering:
- Tool Dispatch & Sandboxing:
- Context & Memory Management:
- Engineer context compaction, short-term session scratchpads, and long-term memory retrieval pipelines (RAG/vector search) to eliminate context degradation during multi-turn deal negotiations.
- Guardrails & Feedback Loops:
- Backend Architecture:
Compensation
- $164,800 - $226,600 USD
- The base pay details represent the annualized salary range for the posted position.
Benefits
- Zuora offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support ZEOs' wellbeing, growth, and flexibility.
- Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance-based reward opportunities, and retirement programs
- Medical Insurance
- Generous, flexible time off, plus paid holidays, wellness days, and a company-wide year-end break
- Paid parental leave (including fully paid leave for eligible ZEOs, subject to local policy)
- Learning & development stipend to support ongoing growth
- Mental wellbeing resources and support
- Base pay is only one element of Zuora's Total Rewards Package.
- Additional elements may also include bonus/variable compensation, equity and comprehensive benefits, more details found here.
- Benefits may vary by location
- Benefits may vary by location; details will be shared during the interview process
Company info
- About Zuora At Zuora, we help businesses grow smarter and adapt faster.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
- Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance@zuora.com (or local equivalent, where applicable).
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