Senior Platform Architect Job in Redwood City 94065, California US
The Company:
Zuora is a hot, venture backed startup with an impressive customer list that includes EMC, Sun Microsystems, Reed Business Information and Box.net. Zuora is built from the ground up by SaaS industry visionaries and veterans from salesforce.com, WebEx, Accenture, Google, eBay, Oracle and Vitria and our investors include Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures and Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com. Here at Zuora we pride ourselves on having the best customers, the most impressive investors, the most comprehensive ecosystem, and the only true SaaS based application leading the subscription economy. In the past 18 months Zuora has received dozens of accolades including a CODiE Nomination for Best Software as a Service, being named to the JMP and Always on Top 100 lists and swept the Under the Radar Series.
This is your chance to get in on the ground floor with a company that is poised for success, and set on a trajectory for huge growth. Like Bruce Richardson, head of AMR Research says, “if you can spend 15 minutes with Zuora, it will be the most profitable 15 minutes of your life.”
Zuora (www.zuora.com) is looking for a talented, innovative, and leadership-minded Sr. Platform Engineer to join a select team focused on the design and development of our next generation platform. The Zuora platform is responsible for facilitating a seamlessly integrated, massively scalable, and unquestionably secure and stable foundation for all of our components and product offerings. If you are passionate about technology, maniacally focused on customer satisfaction, and fearless about living on the leading edge, we want to meet with you!
Responsibilities:
1. Design and develop Zuora’s next generation system platform in Java using a combination of custom developed, open source, and off-the-shelf components.
2. Serve as a lead architect to understand the platform needs of other functional areas, and provide design and development assistance as required.
3. Advocate, document, and follow best design and development practices.
4. Perform security, scalability, and sustainability reviews.
5. Be a software engineer guru, providing guidance and mentorship to other members of the engineering organization.
Requirements:
1. Degree in Computer Science, or relevant education/experience.
2. 7+ years experience as a Sr. Software Engineer or Architect specializing in backend, platform, or infrastructure development.
3. Expert core Java developer with deep knowledge of threading, concurrency, and IO.
4. Strong knowledge and experience with relational databases, SQL, and JDBC.
5. Strong Object Oriented Analysis and Design skills.
6. Passionate about engineering, security, scalability, and complex-system cost optimization.
7. Motivated self-starter, able to be highly productive working alone or in a team. Must work well with limited supervision, capable of juggle multiple priorities, and able to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment!
Desired:
1. Expert knowledge of JVM internals, MySQL performance/optimization, and distributed systems.
2. Familiarity with queuing systems, asynchronous messaging, and JMS.
3. Experience with designing, developing, and supporting external APIs in SOAP and REST.
4. Experience with distributed caching tiers.
5. Experience with socket programming in Java.
6. Passionate and experienced technologist, constantly experimenting with the latest technologies.
Read more:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/19/salesforce-cloud-payments-technology-zuora.html
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/20/money-in-the-cloud /
http://gigaom.com/cloud/zuora-raises-20m-to-power-the-subscription-economy /
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/19/apple-kill-publishers /
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2011/05/18/zuora-powering-netflix-style-innovation-to-conquer-huge-markets /
Position includes salary, stock options and benefits.
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