WHO WE ARE
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered 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. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.
The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate the data pipelines and aggregates that power Zeta’s AdTech platform. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on high-scale batch + streaming data processing, reliable data products, and analytics-ready datasets that enable prediction, agentic workflows, BI reporting, and measurement. You will partner closely with backend, ML, and product teams to deliver trusted, well-modeled data with strong performance, quality, and observability.
What You’ll Do
- Build data pipelines: Develop robust batch and streaming pipelines (Kafka/Kinesis) to ingest, transform, and enrich large-scale event data (impressions, clicks, conversions, costs, identity signals).
- Create data aggregates & marts: Design and maintain curated aggregates and dimensional models for multiple consumers—prediction models, agents, BI dashboards, and measurement workflows.
- Data modeling & contracts: Define schemas, data contracts, and versioning strategies to keep downstream systems stable as sources evolve.
- Data quality & reliability: Implement validation, anomaly detection, backfills, and reconciliation to ensure completeness, correctness, and timeliness (SLAs/SLOs).
- Performance & cost optimization: Optimize compute/storage for scale (partitioning, file sizing, incremental processing, indexing), balancing latency, throughput, and cost.
- Orchestration & automation: Build repeatable workflows with scheduling/orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Step Functions) and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Observability for data systems: Instrument pipelines with metrics, logs, lineage, and alerting to accelerate detection and root-cause analysis of data issues.
- Security & governance: Apply least-privilege access, PII-aware handling, and governance controls aligned with enterprise standards.
Qualifications
- 5+ years building production data pipelines and data products (batch and/or streaming) in a high-scale environment.
- Strong experience with SQL and data modeling (dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas, event modeling).
- Hands-on experience with streaming systems (Kafka preferred) and/or AWS Kinesis, including event-driven designs.
- Proficiency in one or more languages used for data engineering (Python, Java, Scala, or Go).
- Experience with distributed data processing (Spark, Flink, or equivalent) and performance tuning at scale.
- Experience with AWS data services and cloud-native patterns (S3, Glue/EMR, Athena, Redshift, etc. as applicable).
- Familiarity with lakehouse/table formats and large-scale storage patterns (e.g., Parquet; Iceberg/Hudi/Delta are a plus).
- Experience with orchestration/workflow tooling (Airflow/Dagster/Step Functions) and CI/CD for data workloads.
- Strong data quality/observability practices (tests, monitoring, lineage; understanding of SLAs/SLOs).
- Experience with SQL + NoSQL data stores (e.g., Postgres/MySQL; DynamoDB/Cassandra/Redis) and choosing the right store per use case.
- Clear communicator and collaborator; able to work with mixed audiences and translate needs into reliable data interfaces.
Preferred Experience
- AdTech / programmatic advertising domain knowledge: DSP/SSP/exchange/RTB concepts and data flows.
- Experience building measurement pipelines (attribution, incrementality, lift, or experimentation analytics).
- Experience supporting ML feature stores, offline/online feature generation, or model training datasets.
- Experience with real-time analytics stores (Druid/ClickHouse/Pinot) and high-cardinality aggregation strategies.
- Deep knowledge of data governance/privacy, including PII handling and consent-aware data processing.
- Open-source contributions, publications, or conference speaking.
- BS/MS in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!
SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this role is $165,000 - $175,000, depending on location and experience.
PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA
Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/
ZETA IN THE NEWS!
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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.
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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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