Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

Zeta Global

Zeta Global

Software Engineering, Data Science
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 200k-300k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 28, 2025

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.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our AI Platform Team, you will serve as a technical leader and architect for the next generation of agentic, reliable, and scalable GenAI platforms. You will define technical vision, guide system architecture across multiple teams, and ensure we deliver secure, high-performance, and innovative solutions. You will partner closely with engineering leadership while mentoring peers and influencing Zeta’s broader AI strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and own architectural direction for multi-tenant GenAI platform systems
  • Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams, ensuring alignment and scalability
  • Develop secure, scalable platforms and developer tooling for experimentation, deployment, and evaluation
  • Integrate generative AI frameworks, LLMs, and evaluation platforms into enterprise-grade solutions
  • Mentor engineers, drive best practices, and serve as a trusted technical advisor across the organization

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years engineering experience with a proven track record of technical leadership; proficient in C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python
  • Experience building and scaling distributed systems in production environments
  • Deep experience with generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and cloud infrastructure
  • Familiarity with GenAI platform technologies (MCP, LangGraph, OpenAI, Bedrock)
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions across teams and align technical vision with business goals

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 compensation range for this role is $200,000-$300,000 , 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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