Software Engineer III - Data Acquisition

ZoomInfo is where careers accelerate, and they are seeking a Software Engineer III to join their Data Acquisition team. In this role, you will help build systems that acquire, transform, validate, and store large raw data sets, focusing on backend services and data engineering.

Responsibilities

Design and build backend data pipelines that ingest, validate, normalize, enrich, and store high-volume raw data from multiple sources

Develop ETL/ELT workflows and processing jobs using technologies such as Apache Airflow, Apache Beam, Google Dataflow, DataProc, Spark, Kafka, or Pub/Sub

Implement new features in Java-based services and data processing applications that support data acquisition at scale

Work with batch and streaming architectures for scheduled, near-real-time, and event-driven data flows

Improve data quality through schema validation, deduplication, enrichment, monitoring, retries, and controlled backfills

Contribute to observability for pipeline health, throughput, latency, cost, and error rates

Collaborate with product managers, data teams, and platform teams to translate business requirements into reliable technical solutions

Help design, plan, and execute the roadmap for next-generation data acquisition technologies

Preferred

Experience with Kubernetes, especially GKE or EKS, for distributed workloads

Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Starburst/Trino, or similar data warehouses and query engines

Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools

Exposure to data integration patterns involving CRM systems, email/calendar APIs, third-party feeds, or large external datasets

Experience in a B2B data company, data marketplace, or data-as-a-product environment

Kubernetes

EKS

Snowflake

Starburst

Trino

Terraform

infrastructure-as-code

data integration

CRM systems

email APIs

calendar APIs

third-party feeds

B2B data experience

data marketplace

data-as-a-product

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being

Company

Go-to-market intelligence platform for B2B sales and marketing.

Vancouver, Washington, USA

http://www.zoominfo.com/

Founded in 2000

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Solid experience building and operating production data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, or data processing systems

Strong proficiency with Java and object-oriented programming

Hands-on experience with data processing and orchestration technologies such as Apache Beam, Apache Airflow, Spark, Google Dataflow, or DataProc

Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, or similar systems

Understanding of batch processing, streaming processing, data modeling, schema design, and data quality practices

Experience building backend services, APIs, or distributed systems that run in production

Experience with at least one cloud provider, preferably GCP

Familiarity with cloud data and compute services such as BigQuery, GCS, GKE, Dataflow, DataProc, and Pub/Sub

Practical knowledge of SQL, large-scale storage/query systems, logging, monitoring, and alerting

Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures, data issues, performance bottlenecks, and operational incidents

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Pragmatic engineering judgment with the ability to balance quality, speed, and business impact

Experience with Kubernetes, especially GKE or EKS, for distributed workloads

Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Starburst/Trino, or similar data warehouses and query engines

Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools

Exposure to data integration patterns involving CRM systems, email/calendar APIs, third-party feeds, or large external datasets

Experience in a B2B data company, data marketplace, or data-as-a-product environment

3+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Required skills

Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, ETL, ELT, Java, Object-Oriented Programming, Apache Beam, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Google Dataflow, Google DataProc, Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, Batch Processing, Streaming Processing, Data Modeling, Schema Design, Data Quality Practices, Backend Services, APIs, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), SQL, Logging, Monitoring, Alerting, Kubernetes, Snowflake, Starburst, Trino, Terraform, Engineering Judgment

Experience

3+ years