Senior Software Engineer

Zeta; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

Zeta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the Real-Time data collection and delivery team. You will architect and own high-volume, low-latency data pipelines across multichannel marketing platforms, collaborating with engineers, PMs, and executives to roadmap future projects.

You will mentor developers, design scalable cloud-based solutions, and contribute to architecture discussions. Strong knowledge of distributed systems and modern data processing is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; English instruction preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in Scala/Java.
• Proficient with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with container-based solutions is a plus.
• Cloud experience (AWS) at scale.
• Experience with Terraform.
• Distributed data processing at scale expertise.
• Experience in agile software development processes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Building, refining, tuning, and maintaining our real-time infrastructure
• Designing, developing and maintaining services responsible for data collection and real-time data processing
• Working with Product Managers to design and build data products
• Working with our DevOps team to scale and optimize our infrastructure
• Participate in architecture discussions, influence the road map, take ownership and responsibility over new projects
• Participating in on-call rotation (be available by phone or email in case something goes wrong)

Skills

Scala/Java

Distributed systems

Cloud (AWS)

Terraform

Databases (NoSQL)

Relational databases

On-call/Incident response

Mentoring/leadership

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

ZIO

Akka

Play Framework

Terraform

Job description

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer you will provide technical leadership to the group responsible for architecting, developing, and owning Real-Time data collection and delivery. You will collaborate with Engineers, Product Managers and Executives across the organization 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. This position will be responsible for the design and development of realtime systems of The Zeta Marketing Platform and LiveIntent, working on technology that enables access to core of Identity Solutions. You will mentor an organization of developers through your knowledge sharing sessions that will guide and strengthen their knowledge. You should have a deep knowledge of distributed systems and cloud architecture. You will need extensive design and development experience and passion about working with large amounts of data and designing reliable low-latency data processing systems.

Essential Responsibilities

• Building, refining, tuning, and maintaining our real-time infrastructure
• Designing, developing and maintaining services responsible for data collection and real-time data processing
• Working with Product Managers to design and build data products
• Working with our DevOps team to scale and optimize our infrastructure
• Participate in architecture discussions, influence the road map, take ownership and responsibility over new projects
• Participating in on-call rotation (be available by phone or email in case something goes wrong)

Desired Characteristics

• Minimum 4 years of software engineering experience.
• An undergraduate degree in Computer Science (or a related field) from a university where the primary language of instruction is English is strongly desired.
• 2+ Years of Experience/Fluency in Scala/Java
• Proficient with both relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience working with container-based solutions is a plus.
• Experience in adequate usage of libraries such as ZIO, Akka, Play Framework is a plus
• Experience in adequate usage of cloud services (AWS) at scale
• Experience in adequate usage of Terraform
• Proven long term experience and enthusiasm for distributed data processing at scale, eagerness to learn new things.
• Expertise in designing and architecting distributed low latency and scalable solutions in cloud.
• Exposure to the whole software development lifecycle from inception to production and monitoring.
• Experience in Advertising Attribution domain is a plus
• Experience in agile software development processes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Benefits & Perks

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage

People & Culture at Zeta

Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

We're committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: Resource Center - Zeta Global