The Role
Zeta Global is seeking a Data Engineer to help accelerate the operationalization of Zeta’s Data Cloud across international markets.
Sitting within the Data Cloud International / commercial data partnerships function, this position will work closely with Business Operations, Applications, Product, Engineering, Compliance, and external partner technical teams.
The focus is practical data engineering: turning high-potential data partnerships into usable, repeatable, revenue-generating Data Cloud assets that support product innovation, market expansion, and commercial growth through disciplined evaluation, ingestion, transformation, validation, and documentation.
You will work primarily across AWS-based data workflows, using tools such as S3, Athena, Glue, SQL, Python, APIs, and orchestration frameworks such as Airflow. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused position suited to someone who enjoys turning technical data requirements into practical workflows.
You will also use AI-assisted tools and automation techniques to improve data evaluation, documentation, workflow generation, and internal productivity.
The position is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Candidates should be able to commute regularly to the Copenhagen office, located in Copenhagen or near Copenhagen Central Station.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Build and automate data workflows for new and existing data partnerships.
• Create repeatable ingestion, transformation, and replication processes for partner data feeds.
• Evaluate incoming datasets for structure, usability, coverage, completeness, and quality.
• Write scripts to transform, normalize, move, and prepare data for analysis or downstream use.
• Use SQL and Athena to query large datasets, validate outputs, and generate reporting tables or extracts.
• Build lightweight validation checks for files, schemas, counts, formats, and expected values.
• Produce clear technical documentation, including field mappings, data dictionaries, process notes, data flow summaries, and partner integration documentation.
• Use AI-assisted tools where appropriate to accelerate data investigation, documentation, code generation, workflow prototyping, and repeatable analysis.
• Communicate with technical contacts at data partners via email and occasional technical calls.
• Help translate partner data delivery requirements into practical ingestion and automation workflows.
• Work with internal teams across Operations, Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Data Cloud.
• Contribute to reusable templates, naming conventions, and documentation standards for partner data onboarding.
Required Qualifications
• Strong written and spoken English is required, as the role works across international teams and external data partners.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience, in data engineering, analytics engineering, technical data operations, cloud data automation, or a similar role.
• Practical experience writing SQL to query, validate, and transform data.
• Hands-on experience with Python for scripting, automation, or data manipulation.
• Familiarity with AWS data services, especially S3 and Athena; experience with Glue is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT concepts and how data moves between systems.
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data formats, including large delimited files, JSON, Parquet, or ORC.
• Comfortable reading technical documentation and working with API-based data sources.
• Ability to work with large datasets and investigate issues in schemas, counts, formats, or transformation outputs.
• Comfortable collaborating with internal technical teams and external partner technical contacts.
• Able to work independently on defined tasks while escalating ambiguity, blockers, or risks appropriately.
Required Skills
• Business-level English communication
• SQL
• Python
• AWS S3, Athena, and Glue / Glue Data Catalog
• ETL/ELT workflows
• Data ingestion and replication
• APIs and file-based data exchange
• Airflow, Prefect, or similar orchestration tools
• Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Hive, Presto, or similar data platforms
• Git or similar version control
• Data validation and quality checks
• Data dictionaries, field mappings, and technical documentation
• Structured and semi-structured data formats, including JSON, Parquet, ORC, and large delimited files
• Working knowledge of S3 policies, IAM permissions, and secure data access patterns
• Practical use of AI-assisted development, documentation, or data analysis tools
Skills Required
- Business-level written and spoken English communication
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, technical data operations, cloud data automation, or a similar role
- Practical experience writing SQL to query, validate, and transform data
- Hands-on experience with Python for scripting, automation, or data manipulation
- Familiarity with AWS data services, especially S3 and Athena
- Experience with AWS Glue
- Understanding of ETL and ELT concepts and data movement between systems
- Experience with structured and semi-structured data formats, including large delimited files, JSON, Parquet, or ORC
- Ability to read technical documentation and work with API-based data sources
- Ability to work with large datasets and investigate schema, count, format, and transformation issues
- Ability to collaborate with internal technical teams and external partner technical contacts
- Ability to work independently on defined tasks and appropriately escalate ambiguity, blockers, or risks
- Experience with Airflow, Prefect, or similar orchestration tools
- Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Hive, Presto, or similar data platforms
- Experience with Git or similar version control
- Knowledge of data validation and quality checks
- Experience creating data dictionaries, field mappings, and technical documentation
- Working knowledge of S3 policies, IAM permissions, and secure data access patterns
- Practical use of AI-assisted development, documentation, or data analysis tools
What the Team is Saying
Zeta Global Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does Zeta Global ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Zeta Global supports competitive compensation through a mix of base pay, equity, performance incentives, financial benefits and employee feedback-informed rewards. The company’s total rewards approach connects compensation with ownership, financial planning and benefits that support employees’ broader well-being.
- Competitive pay and incentives: Zeta lists competitive pay, equity, performance bonuses and an employee stock purchase plan as part of its compensation and total rewards offerings. Employees also describe compensation as a strength. A software engineer said Zeta offers “good compensation,” “best appraisals and pay raise” and a “supportive work environment,” while a director cited “compensation” as one of the strengths of the company.
- Equity and ownership: Zeta offers company equity and an employee stock purchase plan, giving employees ways to participate in the company’s growth. Its broader financial benefits also include a 401(k) with company match, monthly financial workshops, commuter benefits and insurance coverage, reinforcing compensation as part of a larger financial wellness package.
- Performance-oriented rewards: Employee reviews describe Zeta’s compensation as tied to performance and growth. One employee said, “Zeta pays well,” while another said compensation is “within industry range and revised every year.” A finance analyst cited “great incentives,” and a director described Zeta as a place to “shape your career” with room to move up. (Comparably; Glassdoor reviews; Indeed reviews)
- Benefits that strengthen total rewards: Zeta’s rewards package extends beyond pay through health, dental and vision insurance, mental health benefits, pet insurance, flexible time off, parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility and family-building support, travel assistance for reproductive health procedures, volunteer days and wellness resources. The company also says it uses wellness surveys and employee feedback to shape benefits updates, including expanded parental leave and adoption assistance.
- External signals:
- Compensation sentiment: Employees on external review sites describe Zeta’s compensation as “good,” “great” and competitive, with reviews citing pay raises, incentives, benefits and performance-based earning potential. (Glassdoor reviews; Indeed reviews; Comparably)
- Benefits signals: External profile data lists company equity, performance bonuses, an employee stock purchase plan and a home-office stipend for remote employees.
- Financial wellness: Zeta’s benefits include 401(k) matching, financial workshops, insurance coverage and employee stock purchase participation.
Bottom line: Zeta Global’s compensation approach combines competitive pay, performance incentives, equity, stock purchase access and broad benefits, giving employees both near-term rewards and longer-term financial participation in the company’s growth.
Zeta Global Insights
What We Do
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world.
Why Work With Us
At Zeta, people have the freedom to think creatively, take initiative, and grow. We value curiosity, innovation, and teamwork, empowering everyone to use AI and technology in smarter ways to drive impact for clients, consumers, and each other while shaping the future together.
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