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Software Engineer at Zoom in Remote
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Job Description
Software Engineer
What you can expect
As a Software Engineer on Zoom’s Mail and Calendar team, you’ll build and scale critical backend systems that power communication experiences used globally. You will have opportunities to design across the stack — from APIs to distributed cloud services — ensuring reliability, scalability, and a seamless customer experience. You’ll collaborate with diverse peers across Zoom, contributing to solutions that scale globally.
About the Team
Zoom continues to grow at an extraordinary pace — in customers, innovation, and impact. Our mission is to deliver happiness through seamless communication, and our culture of trust and innovation makes Zoom an incredible place to build your career. If you’re excited about solving complex problems that touch millions of users every day, we’d love for you to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to innovate, experiment, and continuously grow your technical and leadership skills.
Responsibilities
Designing and implementing high-performance backend features in C/C++ to support our communication platform.
Building and maintaining scalable APIs that power web-based calendar and scheduling workflows.
Collaborating across engineering, product, and design teams to deliver solutions that meet evolving customer needs.
Analyzing and improve system performance, proactively identifying bottlenecks and ensuring reliability at scale.
Contributing to team practices by sharing expertise, mentoring peers, and supporting an inclusive, collaborative culture.
What we’re looking for
Have a Bachelor in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
3+ years of industry experience
Have solid proficiency in C/C++, with a track record of building performant, robust applications.
Have experience developing large-scale, distributed backend systems.
Be proficient in Linux development.
Have familiarity with security best practices for backend systems.
Salary Range or On Target Earnings:
Minimum:
$87 600,00Maximum:
$186 000,00In addition to the base salary and/or OTE listed Zoom has a Total Direct Compensation philosophy that takes into consideration; base salary, bonus and equity value.
Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience.
We also have a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in this and other locations
At Zoom, we offer a window of at least 5 days for you to apply because we believe in giving you every opportunity. Below is the potential closing date, just in case you want to mark it on your calendar. We look forward to receiving your application!
Anticipated Position Close Date:
Ways of Working
Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role, Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.
Benefits
As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways. Click Learn for more information.
About Us
Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out to build the best collaboration platform for the enterprise, and today help people communicate better with products like Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, Zoom Events, Zoom Apps, Zoom Rooms, and Zoom Webinars.
We’re problem-solvers, working at a fast pace to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.
Our Commitment
At Zoom, we believe great work happens when people feel supported and empowered. We’re committed to fair hiring practices that ensure every candidate is evaluated based on skills, experience, and potential. If you require an accommodation during the hiring process, let us know—we’re here to support you at every step.
If you need assistance navigating the interview process due to a medical disability, please submit an Accommodations Request Form and someone from our team will reach out soon. This form is solely for applicants who require an accommodation due to a qualifying medical disability. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed.