Zeta Global · 23 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Forecasting
San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expZeta Global is an AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that utilizes advanced artificial intelligence to enhance marketing efficiency. The role of Staff Software Engineer focuses on providing technical leadership for the Forecasting and Recommendations platforms, emphasizing the design and operation of distributed systems that support AI-driven decision-making.
Big DataAdvertisingInformation TechnologyMarketingAnalyticsInformation Services
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate systems supporting forecasting, recommendations, and agentic AI workflows in production
Write production-quality code daily; own services end-to-end from design through on-call and incident resolution
Architect low-latency, high-throughput SaaS services, including APIs, data pipelines, model inference, and agent orchestration
Build and maintain production-grade agentic applications, including tool-using agents, workflow orchestration, and guardrails
Work fluently with foundational LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, Gemini Pro), selecting appropriate models and deployment patterns based on latency, cost, and reliability tradeoffs
Use frameworks and tooling such as LangChain, voice agents, and related ecosystems to accelerate development—while enforcing production discipline
Embrace AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot, vibe coding paradigms) to move quickly without sacrificing quality
Champion observability and reliability: metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and post-incident analysis
Lead and participate in production incident response, retrospectives, and systemic fixes
Identify architectural risks early and make design decisions that prevent outages and scalability issues
Reduce complexity across services, infrastructure, and processes to improve stability and team velocity
Provide technical guidance across teams and participate in architectural reviews beyond your immediate domain
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production-grade distributed systems
A strong track record of hands-on ownership of business-critical services, including measurable improvements in latency, throughput, stability, or cost
Deep expertise in systems design, including service boundaries, concurrency, data modeling, failure handling, and scalability tradeoffs
Production experience supporting machine learning–driven systems (forecasting, recommendations, or similar), with emphasis on serving, pipelines, and infrastructure
Expert-level experience with AWS, including designing, deploying, and operating large-scale cloud-native systems
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerized microservices, and modern CI/CD pipelines
Experience operating software in both on-prem data center and AWS cloud environments
Fluency with modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and comfort working in 'vibe coding'–style workflows that favor fast iteration, tight feedback loops, and continuous refactoring
Proficiency in one or more backend languages commonly used for large-scale systems (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Scala)
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
Unlimited PTO
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employee Equity
Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance
And more!!
Company
Zeta Global
Zeta offers technology and marketing services to help brands acquire, engage, and retain customers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.46BKey Investors
BofA SecuritiesBlackstone Credit,GPI Capital
2024-09-04Post Ipo Secondary· $105.26M
2024-09-04Post Ipo Equity· $204.94M
2024-09-03Post Ipo Debt· $550M
Leadership Team
David Steinberg
CEO, Co-Founder, and Chairman of the Board
Christian Monberg
Chief Technology Officer
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