# Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events at Zeta Global

- Company: Zeta Global
- What the company does: Zeta Global unifies identity, data and AI in one marketing cloud, so enterprise brands can acquire, grow and retain customers across every channel.
- Company website: https://www.zetaglobal.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote - United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zetaglobal/jobs/6147695004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zeta-global-lead-software-engineer-real-time-events/

## About the role

Zeta Global is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join Real-Time Events (RTE). This is a highly hands-on IC role. You will design, build, and operate the ZMP real-time events pipeline: ingesting, processing, and delivering high-volume event data that powers Zeta Marketing Platform products.

## What they're looking for

- Extensive Experience: Minimum of 8–10 years in software engineering, including Lead/Staff-level work on event, streaming, or data-infrastructure systems
- Technical Proficiency: Production experience with event streaming (Kafka or equivalent), Python services and APIs (e.g. FastAPI), and pipeline processing (Spark/EMR or equivalent) where needed
- Cloud Expertise: Proficient in designing, deploying, and operating systems on AWS (S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda, RDS, and similar)
- Full Lifecycle Exposure: Experience with the complete software development lifecycle, from design through production, monitoring, and on-call
- Programming Skills: Fluency in Python or substantial experience in Scala and Java
- Database Proficiency: Skilled with data stores used around event pipelines (e.g. Postgres/MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB or similar)

Tags: Engineering