Senior Software Engineer – Data Platform
Location: Bangalore, India
About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the team responsible for architecting, developing, and operating core components of the Zeta Marketing Platform. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, data analysts, and business stakeholders to build scalable data infrastructure and services that power reporting, analytics, audience management, and marketing automation solutions.
This role focuses on designing and building high-performance distributed systems that process large volumes of data in real time and batch environments. You will contribute to the evolution of our data platform, drive technical design decisions, and help deliver reliable, scalable solutions that enable data-driven products across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable real-time and batch data processing systems.
- Build and enhance data pipelines, APIs, and platform services using modern cloud technologies.
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance across production systems.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts and Product Managers to develop data products and reporting solutions.
- Work closely with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to optimize system scalability, observability, and operational efficiency.
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term platform strategy.
- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations as required.
- Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, testing, monitoring, and documentation.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend software development.
- Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large-scale relational databases.
- Hands-on experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and Hive.
- Experience building and operating cloud-native applications and services on AWS.
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, Luigi, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, performance optimization, and fault tolerance.
- Experience designing and building production-grade APIs and data services.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Snowflake, FastAPI, Kafka, ClickHouse, or similar modern data technologies.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience supporting large-scale analytics, reporting, or data platform workloads.
- Familiarity with advertising technology, marketing technology, attribution, or customer data platforms.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Proven track record of owning projects from design through production deployment and support.
Why Join Us
You will have the opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems,solve complex data engineering challenges, and help build the next generation of marketing and analytics infrastructure used by some of the world's leading brands.
Company Summary
Zeta Global is a data-powered marketing technology company with a heritage of innovation and industry leadership. Founded in 2007 by entrepreneur David A. Steinberg and John Sculley, former CEO of Apple Inc and Pepsi-Cola, the Company combines the industry’s 3rd largest proprietary data set (2.4B+ identities) with Artificial Intelligence to unlock consumer intent, personalize experiences and help our clients drive business growth.
Zeta Global is a leading AI-powered marketing technology company that enables enterprise brands to acquire, grow, and retain customers through intelligent, data-driven engagement. At the center of its innovation is the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), which unifies customer data, identity, and advanced analytics to transform billions of data signals into actionable marketing intelligence and measurable business outcomes
Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ZETA), Zeta is redefining modern marketing with Athena by Zeta™, a superintelligent, conversational agent embedded in ZMP that personalizes the marketer’s workspace, surfaces platform generated insights through natural dialogue and recommends next-best actions to help brands accelerate and optimize their marketing outcomes.
Learn more about Zeta: https://zetaglobal.com/press-news/
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend software development
- Advanced SQL skills and experience with large-scale relational databases
- Hands-on experience with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and Hive
- Experience building and operating cloud-native applications and services on AWS
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or Luigi
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, performance optimization, and fault tolerance
- Experience designing and building production-grade APIs and data services
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience with Snowflake, FastAPI, Kafka, ClickHouse, or similar modern data technologies
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (containerization and orchestration)
- Experience supporting large-scale analytics, reporting, or data platform workloads
- Familiarity with advertising technology, marketing technology, attribution, or customer data platforms
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Proven track record of owning projects from design through production deployment and support
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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