SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

Zeta Global; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeta Global is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in San Francisco, responsible for enhancing data infrastructure and supporting complex analyses. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in software engineering and proficiency in technologies like Python, Spark, and SQL, along with a commitment to data quality and collaboration.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employee Equity and Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Discounts

Virtual Wellness Classes

Pet Insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience.
• Fluency in Python with 2+ years of experience.
• Proficient with relational databases and Advanced SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and expand existing data infrastructure.
• Build and maintain real-time and batch data infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Data Analysts for ETL process development.

Skills

Python

Spark

SQL

Airflow

Hive

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

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Who We Are

Zeta Global (NYSE : ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.

THE ROLE

As a member of this team, the data engineer will be responsible for designing and expanding our existing data infrastructure, enabling easy access to data, supporting complex data analyses, and automating optimization workflows for business and marketing operations.

As a Senior Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include :

• Building, refining, tuning, and maintaining our real-time and batch data infrastructure
• Daily use technologies such as Python, Spark, Airflow, Snowflake, Hive, FastAPI, etc.
• Maintaining data quality and accuracy across production data systems
• Working with Data Analysts to develop ETL processes for analysis and reporting
• Working with Product Managers to design and build data products
• Working with our DevOps team to scale and optimize our data infrastructure
• Participate in architecture discussions, influence the road map, take ownership and responsibility over new

projects

• Participating in on-call rotation in their respective time zones (be available by phone or email in case

something goes wrong)

Desired Characteristics

• Minimum 8 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 Python
• Proficient with relational databases and Advanced SQL
• Expert in usage of services like Spark and Hive.
• Experience working with container-based solutions is a plus.
• Experience in adequate usage of any scheduler such as Apache Airflow, Apache Luigi, Chronos etc.
• Experience in adequate usage of cloud services (AWS) at scale
• 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 either cloud and on-
• 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
• Unlimited PTO
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee Equity and Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this role is $140,000 - $170,000, depending on location and experience.

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 : https : / / zetaglobal.com / blog / a-look-into-zetas-ergs /

ZETA IN THE NEWS!

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