Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events
Zeta Global · Remote - United States
Posted 21 days ago · $200,000 - $210,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Zeta Global's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 54% of Zeta Global's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zeta Global
- high 91 stale, 0 reposted of 143 open
- Hiring momentum
- 174 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zeta Global's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zeta Global.
About this role
As a Lead Software Engineer in the Real-Time Events team at Zeta Global, you will be responsible for designing, building, and operating the real-time events pipeline that processes high-volume event data. Your role will involve technical leadership, mentoring team members, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to ensure the pipeline meets performance and reliability standards. You will also evaluate new technologies and drive improvements in system observability and incident response.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zeta Global as an employer.
What you need
- Minimum of 8–10 years in software engineering, including Lead/Staff-level work on event, streaming, or data-infrastructure systems
- Production experience with event streaming (Kafka or equivalent)
- Proficient in designing, deploying, and operating systems on AWS (S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda, RDS, and similar)
- Fluency in Python or substantial experience in Scala and Java
- Skilled with data stores used around event pipelines (e.g. Postgres/MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB or similar)
- Experience with orchestrators such as Apache Airflow
What you get
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts
- Virtual Wellness Classes
- Pet Insurance
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work policies beyond location
- Salary range provided, but no details on bonuses or raises
- The role is highly hands-on, which may not suit those looking for purely managerial positions
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Listed by Zeta Global on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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