Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events
Core
Design, build, and operate the Zeta Marketing Platform real-time events pipeline for ingesting, processing, and delivering high-volume event data to power marketing products.
Role type
Lead Software Engineer (Real-Time Events Infrastructure)
Builds
High-throughput event streaming pipelines and data infrastructure
Domain
Marketing Technology / Real-Time Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Event streaming (Kafka), Python, AWS, Spark/EMR, Postgres/MySQL, Redis, Apache Airflow, System Architecture, On-call reliability
Preferred skills
Scala, Java, FastAPI, DynamoDB, SLO definition
Technologies
Kafka, Python, FastAPI, Spark, EMR, AWS (S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, RDS), Postgres, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Apache Airflow
Responsibilities
Design and implement event-pipeline features in production; Evaluate and land emerging technologies for cost/latency advantages; Define stable contracts with downstream consumers; Mentor teammates on design and code reviews; Partner with product teams to meet SLAs; Own on-call gaps and drive post-incident fixes
Seniority
Lead, hands-on IC with mentorship
