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Zeta Global · 2 days ago

Lead Software Engineer, Identity

positionNew York, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$150K/yr - $200K/yr
date5+ years exp

Zeta Global is an AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that simplifies sophisticated marketing through its unified platform. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution and manage cloud-native services, ensuring reliability and scalability across their systems.

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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

Qualification

Backend distributed systemsData engineeringAPIsKubernetesPythonJavaScalaKafkaSQLCommunication skillsMentoring

Required

5+ 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 / NoSQL databases (Aerospike, Snowflake, HBase, Scylla, Couchbase)
Strong communication skills and a track record of driving technical direction and mentoring teams

Preferred

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

Benefits

Unlimited PTO
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employee Equity
Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance

Company

Zeta Global

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Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
dateFounded in 2007
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://www.zetaglobal.com

H1B Sponsorship

Zeta Global has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (20)
2024 (17)
2023 (11)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (16)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.46B
Key Investors
BofA Securities
2024-09-04Post Ipo Secondary· $105.26M
2024-09-04Post Ipo Equity· $204.94M
2024-09-03Post Ipo Debt· $550M

Leadership Team

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David Steinberg
CEO, Co-Founder, and Chairman of the Board
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Christian Monberg
Chief Technology Officer
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