Lead Software Engineer, Identity
Core
Designing and operating backend distributed systems and event-driven pipelines that resolve billions of consumer signals for identity management and people-based marketing.
Role type
Lead Software Engineer (Backend & Data Engineering)
Builds
Identity Graph services, APIs, and event streams for Zeta's marketing platform
Domain
AI-powered marketing technology / Identity resolution
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Python, Java, Scala, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Kubernetes, Helm, SQL, data modelling, AWS, NoSQL databases
Preferred skills
large-scale distributed systems, real-time streaming frameworks, open table formats, security/compliance in identity systems
Technologies
EKS, Kubernetes, Helm, Kafka, Spark, Hive, Flink, Airflow, Luigi, Aerospike, Snowflake, HBase, Scylla, Couchbase, AWS, SQL
Responsibilities
Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution; Develop and optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals; Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes; Ensure reliability, observability, and scalability; Collaborate across engineering, product, and data teams; Mentor engineers and influence architecture and roadmap
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
