Zeta Global

Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Zeta Global • $150K — $180K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend and/or data engineering at enterprise scale.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala with a focus on API design and distributed systems.
  • Experience with Kafka and streaming frameworks like Spark or Flink.
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS deployment practices.
  • Knowledge of SQL and high-throughput NoSQL/columnar databases like Aerospike or Snowflake.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution and graph transparency.
  • Optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals.
  • Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes using Helm.
  • Ensure reliability, observability, and scalability across services and data pipelines.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver identity solutions and mentor junior engineers.

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee Equity
  • Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance
Full Job Description
The Opportunity: Where Impossible Becomes Possible

The Identity team operates the critical backend services powering the Zeta Identity Graph. How do you engineer distributed architectures to manage a profile store running in several terabytes while maintaining single-digit millisecond latencies for billions of monthly events? We seek an innovative Senior Software Engineer to help navigate this exact scale, driving a multi-year roadmap to optimize our existing systems and architect our next-generation platform.

You Will:
  • Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution, graph transparency, and platform integrations.
  • Optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals.
  • Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes using Helm.
  • Ensure absolute reliability, observability, and scalability across services and data pipelines.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver identity solutions and mentor junior engineers.

You Have:
  • 5+ years of experience in backend and/or data engineering at enterprise scale.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala, with expertise in API design and distributed systems.
  • Experience with Kafka, streaming frameworks (Spark/Hive/Flink), and schedulers (Airflow/Luigi).
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS cloud deployment practices.
  • Knowledge of SQL, complex data modeling, and high-throughput NoSQL/columnar databases (Aerospike, Snowflake, Scylla, etc.).

Bonus Skills:
  • Experience designing multi-tenant distributed systems or real-time streaming frameworks (Flink/Storm).
  • Knowledge of open table formats (Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake) and security/privacy frameworks.

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 $150,000 - $180,000, 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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