Lead Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution, graph transparency, and integrations.
• Develop and optimize event-driven pipelines and workflows processing billions of signals.
• Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes, leveraging Helm for repeatable deployments.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and scalability across services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and data teams to deliver end-to-end identity solutions.
• Mentor engineers and influence architecture and roadmap decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in backend and/or data engineering at scale.
• Strong skills in Python, Java, or Scala, with expertise in APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven design.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (or similar), Spark/Hive/Flink, and workflow schedulers (Airflow/Luigi).
• Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and deployment practices (Helm, service meshes).
• Solid knowledge of SQL, data modelling, and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Familiarity with columnar or NoSQL databases (e.g., Aerospike, Snowflake, HBase, Scylla, Elasticsearch).
• Knowledge of performance optimization and resilience patterns such as caching, retries, and fault tolerance.
• Strong communication skills and a track record of driving technical direction and mentoring teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale or multi-tenant distributed systems.
• Exposure to real-time streaming frameworks like Flink or Storm.
• Knowledge of open table formats such as Iceberg, Hudi, or Delta Lake.
• Background in security, compliance, or privacy related to identity systems.

About the Company

Zeta Global is a NYSE listed data-powered marketing technology company that combines a massive proprietary data set with Artificial Intelligence to unlock consumer intent and personalize experiences. Our technology runs on the Zeta Marketing Platform, powering end-to-end marketing programs for some of the world’s leading brands across all digital channels.