Staff Software Engineer, Zeta Global
MIP/AIP
$200-220k
+ Equity
The AI marketing cloud
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The AI marketing cloud
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-220k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable brands to build repeatable and scalable programs that accelerate business growth, efficiently, and effectively, and drive higher ROI on their marketing investments.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 8+ years of engineering experience with a proven history of technical leadership
- AdTech Expertise: Strong hands-on experience and deep understanding of Programmatic Advertising, including DSPs, bid stream processing, and data-intensive AdTech environments
- Polyglot Proficiency: Expert proficiency in multiple languages, including Ruby, Python, and Java
- Front-End Experience: Experience developing scalable front-end applications, specifically utilizing React
- System Scale: Deep experience building and scaling distributed, high-performance systems in production environments
- Data & AI: Experience integrating complex data sources (sentiment, bid stream) and foundational knowledge of AI/LLM concepts to solve platform challenges (e.g., survey optimization)
- Architectural Influence: Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions across multiple teams and effectively align technical vision with strategic business goals
What the job involves
- Zeta Global is seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical leader within our MIP/AIP Platforms Team. This team is critical to Zeta's ad technology core, owning the systems responsible for Programmatic AdTech (DSP), omnichannel data integration, and client-facing self-service tools that unify activation, reporting, and measurement
- You will define the technical vision and architect scalable solutions for our core programmatic infrastructure while driving the integration of sentiment data, bid stream intelligence, and advanced AI services into a cohesive, enterprise-grade platform
- The MIP/AIP Platforms team has full ownership of the following critical initiatives:
- Omnichannel Explorer: Architecting and building the complete front-end and back-end integration of sentiment data, bid stream information, and other measurement tools
- Leading the project to enable direct data and audience porting into Supply-Side Platforms (SSPs), including client self-service and integrated reporting/measurement
- Survey Platforms: Responsibility for the top-level packaging, presentation, and interaction of surveys, including tackling current challenges related to optimization and response rates
- Architectural Ownership: Define and own the technical direction for high-volume, low-latency programmatic AdTech (DSP) systems and omnichannel data integration
- Full-Stack Development: Drive development initiatives across the full stack, utilizing Ruby, Python, Java, and React to deliver integrated platform solutions
- AI Integration: Design and implement the integration of sentiment data, bid stream intelligence, and AI services (including LLMs/GenAI frameworks) into MIP/AIP systems to enhance activation and measurement
- Technical Leadership: Lead complex, cross-functional technical, ensuring platform alignment, stability, and scalability across the engineering organization
- Mentorship & Strategy: Serve as a trusted technical advisor, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices within the team
Our take
Zeta Global is a cloud-based AI marketing platform helping companies acquire, grow and retain customers more efficiently. Its flagship Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) combines identity resolution, consumer intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform. Using one of the industry's largest proprietary database and advanced AI, Zeta makes personalized marketing simple for enterprise brands worldwide.
Its platform is particularly valuable in today's privacy-first, data-driven marketing environment. It helps brands understand individual customers and deliver relevant experience across every channel, from email and SMS ot digital and social. Serving top advertisers and Fortune 500 companies, Zeta turns complex data into actionable insights, so markets have a deeper relationship with their customers and drive measurable results in a competitive landscape.
Recently, Zeta expanded its capabilities with acquisition of Marigold's enterprise software business, adding over 100 enterprise clients and new loyalty and engagement tools. This strenghten's Zeta's "One Zeta" model, creates cross-selling opportunities, and extends its footpirnt in EMEA and APAC. Also backed by strong AI investments, a massive proprietary identity graph, and consistent revenue growth, Zeta is in a good position to help brands deliver smarter, more personalized marketing at scale for years to come.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2017
$115m
SERIES F
Jul 2015
$125m
LATE VC
Total funding: $310m
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
David A Steinberg
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board)Prior to founding Zeta and CAIVIS, they founded InPhonic, the largest seller of wireless phones and communications products and services on the Internet. InPhonic was #1 on Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2004
John Sculley
(Co-Founder, Vice Chairman of ther Board & Investor)Former CEO of Apple Computer. They joined Apple in 1983 when the Company had $600 million in revenues; by the time they left, Apple's revenues exceeded $8 billion.
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