Senior Identity Platform Engineer — Scale & Impact (Equity)

Zeta Global; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Excellent medical, dental, and vision

Employee Equity

Employee Discounts

Virtual Wellness Classes

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Zeta Global in San Francisco seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design backend services for identity resolution, graph transparency, and platform integrations, while optimizing event-driven pipelines for billions of signals.

We require 5+ years in backend/data engineering, strong Python/Java/Scala, API design, distributed systems, Kubernetes (EKS), AWS, Kafka, Spark/Flink, and SQL/NoSQL experience. Enjoy unlimited PTO, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend and/or data engineering at enterprise scale.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala, with expertise in API design and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka, streaming frameworks (Spark/Hive/Flink), and schedulers (Airflow/Luigi).
• Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS cloud deployment practices.
• Knowledge of SQL, complex data modeling, and high-throughput NoSQL/columnar databases (Aerospike, Snowflake, Scylla, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution, graph transparency, and platform integrations.
• Optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals.
• Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes using Helm.
• Ensure absolute reliability, observability, and scalability across services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver identity solutions and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Python

Java

Scala

API design

Distributed systems

Kafka

Spark/Flink

Airflow

Luigi

Kubernetes

AWS

SQL

Aerospike

Snowflake

Scylla

Iceberg

Hudi

Delta Lake

Tools

EKS (Kubernetes)

AWS cloud deployment

Job description

Zeta Global in San Francisco seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design backend services for identity resolution, graph transparency, and platform integrations, while optimizing event-driven pipelines for billions of signals.

We require 5+ years in backend/data engineering, strong Python/Java/Scala, API design, distributed systems, Kubernetes (EKS), AWS, Kafka, Spark/Flink, and SQL/NoSQL experience. Enjoy unlimited PTO, equity, and comprehensive benefits.