Zeta Global

Lead Software Engineer - Real-Time Events

Zeta Global • $200K — $210K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8-10 years in software engineering, focusing on event and data-infrastructure systems.
  • Production experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka or similar.
  • Proficient in designing and operating AWS systems (S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda).
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle from design to production.
  • Fluency in Python; substantial experience in Scala and Java is a plus.
  • Skilled in database technologies used in event pipelines, like Postgres/MySQL and Redis.
  • Experience with orchestrators like Apache Airflow.
  • Proven ability to manage high-throughput production pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of event-pipeline features in production.
  • Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that enhance performance and efficiency.
  • Engage in architectural discussions and define contracts with downstream systems.
  • Mentor team members through design and code reviews while fostering best practices.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate SLAs into operational systems.
  • Ensure reliability by improving monitoring, alerting, and owning on-call responsibilities.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Employee equity opportunities.
  • Employee discounts and virtual wellness classes.
  • Pet insurance and additional perks.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Zeta Global is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join Real-Time Events (RTE). This is a highly hands-on IC role. You will design, build, and operate the ZMP real-time events pipeline: ingesting, processing, and delivering high-volume event data that powers Zeta Marketing Platform products.

Key Responsibilities
  • Technical Leadership: Design, implement, and launch event-pipeline features in production. Own architecture for the parts of the pipeline you lead.
  • Thought Leadership & Innovation: Evaluate existing or emerging technologies where they offer a clear cost, latency, or operational advantage, and land those choices in production.
  • Engineering Collaboration: Engage in architectural discussions, take ownership of key pipeline projects, and define stable contracts with downstream consumers.
  • Team Mentorship: Mentor through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing. Help teammates ship via clear interfaces, solid tests, and production-ready patterns.
  • Product Collaboration: Partner with Product, Data, and ZMP consumer teams to turn SLAs (latency, throughput, correctness) into working systems.
  • Infrastructure & Reliability: Instrument services, improve alerting, and own on-call gaps yourself. Drive post-incident fixes (root cause, code, runbooks, dashboards) and keep the pipeline predictable under load.

Desired Qualifications and Expertise
  • Extensive Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years in software engineering, including Lead/Staff-level work on event, streaming, or data-infrastructure systems.
  • Technical Proficiency: Production experience with event streaming (Kafka or equivalent), Python services and APIs (e.g. FastAPI), and pipeline processing (Spark/EMR or equivalent) where needed.
  • Cloud Expertise: Proficient in designing, deploying, and operating systems on AWS (S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda, RDS, and similar).
  • Full Lifecycle Exposure: Experience with the complete software development lifecycle, from design through production, monitoring, and on-call.
  • Programming Skills: Fluency in Python or substantial experience in Scala and Java.
  • Database Proficiency: Skilled with data stores used around event pipelines (e.g. Postgres/MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB or similar).
  • Scheduler Experience: Experience with orchestrators such as Apache Airflow.
  • Operational Mindset: Track record owning high-throughput pipelines in production: incidents, performance and cost, observability, data quality, and SLOs.
  • Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities; can explain pipeline design and trade-offs to partners who consume ZMP event data.

BENEFITS & PERKS
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee Equity
  • Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance and more!!

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $210,000, depending on location and experience.

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About Zeta Global

Zeta Global is a data-driven marketing technology company that combines the power of artificial intelligence with the scale of data, applying insights from over 2.4 billion user profiles to generate business outcomes. Zeta Global?s products and services include programmatic media buying, email marketing, CRM, data and analytics, and marketing automation. The company serves a wide range of industries, including financial services, insurance, automotive, telecommunications, retail, publishing, and travel. Zeta Global has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Learn more about Zeta Global
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.7 billion
Industry
Media
Founded
2007
NASDAQ
ZETA
* Ladders Estimates

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