Manager, Software Engineering - Orchestration and Workflows

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. At ZoomInfo, we encourage creativity, value innovation, demand teamwork, expect accountability and cherish results. We value your take charge, take initiative, get stuff done attitude and will help you unlock your growth potential. One great choice can change everything. Thrive with us at ZoomInfo. ZoomInfo is looking for a technical and people-focused Engineering Manager to lead our Orchestration and Workflows team—the group responsible for building and managing our orchestration layer. This team will empower our customers to build workflows and orchestrate data from a simple webhook to complex rules based . In this role, you’ll lead a team of talented backend engineers to design, develop, and operate distributed systems that scale with billions of requests per day. You’ll balance execution with mentorship, strategy with empathy, and architecture with pragmatism. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in product, TPM, and other engineering teams to ship high-impact features while fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared ownership. What you will do: Lead, coach, and grow a team of front and backend engineers focused on delivering reliable, scalable systems for ZoomInfo's platform. Set technical direction and priorities for the Workflows group, helping your team make thoughtful architectural decisions using technologies like Java, TypeScript, NestJS, MongoDB, and Confluent Cloud. Drive execution of key projects, balancing roadmap delivery with engineering best practices, such as clean code, testing, observability, and CI/CD. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, TPMs, and stakeholders to define goals, clarify requirements, and ensure alignment. Promote a healthy engineering culture, encouraging curiosity, ownership, innovation, and continuous learning across multiple sites. Recruit and onboard new talent, ensuring a smooth and inclusive team experience. What you will bring: 4+ years of engineering management experience, including direct mentorship and performance management of engineers. Team Building & Ambiguity: Proven track record of scaling engineering teams from scratch—defining hiring roadmaps, establishing team culture and norms, onboarding engineers into newly formed groups, and driving execution in ambiguous, early-stage environments. Global Leadership: Experience leading distributed engineering teams across time zones, establishing clear communication rhythms, shared ownership models, and inclusive team practices that effectively bridge US and India-based engineers. 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, preferably with modern backend stacks such as TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS and Java. Fluency with workflow orchestration technologies (Google Cloud Workflows, Temporal, or equivalent) Solid grounding in event-driven architecture and streaming platforms (Kafka preferred) Experience with Java (Spring Boot) and/or Node.js (NestJS) at production scale Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts: state management, long-running processes, fault tolerance, high availability Experience working with both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Google Cloud Bigtable, Redis) - including data modeling, query performance, and operational considerations at scale Fluency in API design principles for integration-heavy systems: REST, webhooks, bulk sync, idempotency, retry semantics, and rate limiting Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS or GCP); GCP familiarity a plus, particularly Cloud Workflows, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and GKE Strong communication and interpersonal skills—you can translate between technical and non-technical audiences with ease. A collaborative, pragmatic mindset with a bias toward action and delivering customer value.

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#LI-Hybrid 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.

$140,000—$220,000 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. ZoomInfo is committed to protecting your privacy when you apply for jobs with us. Please review our Job Applicant Privacy Notice for more details on how we handle your personal information. ZoomInfo may use a software-based assessment as part of the recruitment process. More information about this tool, including the results of the most recent bias audit, is available here. ZoomInfo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, and does not discriminate based on protected status. We welcome all applicants and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, age, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability status, religion, protected military or veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in accordance with legal requirements. For Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. ZoomInfo does not administer lie detector tests to applicants in any location. ZoomInfo