Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events

Description: Zeta Global seeks a Lead Software Engineer for Real-Time Events (RTE) to design, build, and operate the ZMP real-time events pipeline. This role involves technical leadership, innovation, engineering collaboration, team mentorship, product collaboration, and ensuring infrastructure reliability. Requirements: 8–10 years of software engineering experience, including Lead/Staff-level work on event, streaming, or data-infrastructure systems. Proficiency in event streaming (Kafka), Python services (FastAPI), and pipeline processing (Spark/EMR). Experience with AWS (S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda, RDS). Full software development lifecycle experience, fluency in Python, and familiarity with databases (Postgres/MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB). Experience with orchestrators like Apache Airflow and a strong operational mindset. Excellent communication skills to explain pipeline design and trade-offs. Benefits: Unlimited PTO. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Employee equity and discounts, virtual wellness classes, and pet insurance.