Sr AI Engineer

Zuora

20h • $124,500 - $171,250 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior AI Engineer at Zuora, you will be a high-velocity builder within the Corporate Operations team, bridging the gap between raw LLM capabilities and functional enterprise software. You will thrive in a vibe coding environment, using AI to accelerate development, rapidly prototype ideas, and maintain a flow state while shipping impactful code. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking company during a critical transformative phase, where your expertise will directly shape business evolution. Your work will directly influence company objectives by accelerating internal tool delivery, improving how teams interact with enterprise systems, and making AI genuinely actionable inside Corporate Operations.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack developer
• Strong experience building integrations with REST APIs, webhooks, and middleware technologies
• Demonstrated expertise in AI-augmented programming and vibe coding, using LLMs to write code, explore new libraries quickly, and automate repetitive engineering work
• Exceptional ability to jump into existing codebases in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, understand the logic, and implement enhancements or integrations safely
• Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, prompt engineering, and RAG design patterns
• Experience designing or contributing to agentic workflows and context-aware AI applications
• Strong problem-solving instincts and the ability to figure out how systems work without waiting for perfect documentation
• Excellent listening, communication, and presentation skills
• The ability and desire to learn new technologies and development tools

Responsibilities

• Design and build the glue between AI agents and core business systems such as Salesforce, NetSuite, Slack, and other internal platforms using APIs, events, and webhooks
• Leverage modern AI coding assistants such as Cursor and Codex to accelerate development, generate boilerplate, debug issues, and refactor quickly
• Rapidly prototype and ship AI-powered internal tools in a high-velocity environment, moving from concept to production with strong engineering judgment
• Parse, understand, and enhance existing internal codebases, integrating AI capabilities into brownfield systems without disrupting production workflows
• Architect advanced RAG pipelines and agentic workflows that bring context-aware intelligence to internal knowledge and operational systems
• Implement rigorous evaluation and testing approaches for AI outputs to ensure speed does not compromise accuracy, security, or trust
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the enterprise to deliver solutions that improve how work gets done
• Assist colleagues with design and coding best practices, including code reviews, documentation, and maintainable implementation patterns
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and adjacent teams to ensure AI integrations align with the broader digital ecosystem
• Lead troubleshooting for production issues in AI-enabled workflows, perform root-cause analysis, and help build support-ready systems

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance-based reward opportunities, and retirement programs
• Medical, dental, and vision 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
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation matching where available
• Mental wellbeing resources and support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior