Principal Software Engineer, Zeta Global

$200-250k

Plus equity

AWS
Python
Django
Scala
Java
Kafka
Redis
Postgres
Airflow
MySQL
Spark
HBase
Luigi
Snowflake
Hive
DynamoDB
FastAPI
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area
Zeta Global

Cloud-based marketing technology

Open for applications

Zeta Global

Cloud-based marketing technology

1001+ employees

B2BBig dataMarketingSaaSAdvertisingData Analysis

Open for applications

$200-250k

Plus equity

AWS
Python
Django
Scala
Java
Kafka
Redis
Postgres
Airflow
MySQL
Spark
HBase
Luigi
Snowflake
Hive
DynamoDB
FastAPI
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2BBig dataMarketingSaaSAdvertisingData Analysis

Company mission

To empower enterprises to thrive in a digital ecosystem with intelligence, individuality and integrity.

Role

Who you are

  • Extensive Experience: Minimum of 15 years in software engineering, with prior meaningful experience in data engineering
  • Technical Proficiency: Expertise in web and data technologies such as Kafka, HDFS, Spark, EMR, Open Table Formats, Snowflake, Hive, HBase, Scylla, Django, and FastAPI
  • Big Data Technologies: Expertise in big data technologies and frameworks such as Spark, HDFS, and Hive. Experience with interoperability of data formats with different data techonolgies
  • Cloud Expertise: Proficient in designing, deploying, and managing systems on AWS
  • Full Lifecycle Exposure: Experience with the complete software development lifecycle, from inception to production and monitoring
  • Programming Skills: Fluency in Python or substantial experience in Scala and Java
  • Database Proficiency: Skilled in working with various data stores – equivalent of MySQL, Postgres, Scylla, DynamoDB, Aerospike and Redis
  • Scheduler Experience: Experience with schedulers like Apache Airflow, Apache Luigi, and Chronos
  • Agile Development: Familiarity with agile software development processes
  • Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities

What the job involves

  • Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) is a machine learning/AI powered customer acquisition and CRM multi-tenant platform
  • The Sr backend developer will work on server-side APIs and services that enable a highly distributed event pipeline and a stack that gets tens of thousands of messages per second
  • As a senior member of the Software Engineering team, you will join the group responsible for designing, developing, and owning the distributed systems CRM platform for Zeta
  • You will collaborate with your fellow Engineers and Product Managers to develop a roadmap and subsequent projects to build the next generation comprehensive, multichannel marketing solution that unifies and unlocks data across digital touch points, driving return on marketing investment
  • You should have a deep knowledge of distributed systems and cloud architecture
  • You will need extensive design and development experience and be passionate about working with high-throughput systems where the issues of throughput, performance, redundancy, and concurrency are paramount
  • Technical Leadership: Design, implement and launch new product features using technologies that are in-use currently within the company or propose alternative technologies, with proven significant cost and performance advantage
  • Thought Leadership & Innovation: Participate in evaluating technology alternatives, existing or emerging, to problems being solved in the product area of responsibility that can take the company to the next level of technology leadership in the market
  • Engineering Collaboration: Engage in architectural discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership of key projects and initiatives
  • Team Mentorship: Mentor and collaborate with team members to optimize current designs, data models, workflows, and APIs
  • Product Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers to contribute to product design, aiming to create world-class products
  • Infrastructure Optimization: Work with the DevOps team to design system infrastructure, address problem areas, and lead in system monitoring, observability, and robustness

Our take

Zeta Global is a cloud-based marketing technology company that specializes in marketing platforms and customer relationship management software. Its Zeta Marketing Platform uses proprietary data, predictive AI, and omnichannel technology to personalize interactions with customers at every point of contact.

Co-founded by David Steinberg and former Apple CEO John Sculley, Zeta works with more than one thousand customers including high-profile clients such as BMW, Samsung, CNN, and Volvo. While the company may not have the balance sheets of direct competitors such as Salesforce, Oracle, or Adobe, Zeta remains profitable having raised over $300M in funding.

Zeta's 2021 bid for IPO status was met with a lower-than-expected stock valuation, but it remains confident that its shift to the public sphere will help diversify its enterprise customers and further embed itself in the data industry. In 2022, it achieved carbon neutrality and launched a thought leadership campaign called Zeta NEXT in 2024, indicating its steps towards being a market leader.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

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 values

  • Champion A Growth Mindset - We share in driving continuous growth for our customers, partners, colleagues and Zeta
  • Commit to Customers - We know our customers’ business as well as they do, execute with excellence and generate success.
  • Spark Innovation - Together we bring fresh perspectives and curiosity to inspire and activate our next best idea
  • Actively Collaborate - We listen, learn, support and elevate each other to work collectively toward solutions.
  • Embrace Diversity - We are inclusive of all backgrounds and cultures, creating an environment of trust and belonging
  • Support Our Communities - Our ZetaCares program elevates underserved communities through volunteer initiatives.

Company HQ

Midtown South, New York, NY

Leadership

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

(Vice Chairman of the 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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