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Zeta Global· HQ in 3 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10016

Lead Software Engineer

Location: Multi-Location (2 Locations) · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Lead · Posted: August 12, 2026 · Verified: Nov 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

Leads the Identity team building backend services and APIs for Zeta's Identity Graph, processing billions of behavioral and transactional signals. Designs event-driven pipelines and cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes, optimizing for high availability and low latency. Mentors engineers and drives architectural decisions for identity resolution and data modernization.
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Zeta Global

zetaglobal.com

Enterprise marketing cloud combining CDP, DSP, ESP, data and AI.

Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10016

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