Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Overview

Senior Software Engineer on the Identity team, which operates the backend services powering the Zeta Identity Graph, driving a multi-year roadmap to optimize existing systems and architect the next-generation platform.

What you'll do

• Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution, graph transparency, and platform integrations.
• Optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals.
• Deploy and operate cloud-native services on EKS/Kubernetes using Helm.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and scalability across services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver identity solutions and mentor junior engineers.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in backend and/or data engineering at enterprise scale.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala, with expertise in API design and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kafka, streaming frameworks (Spark/Hive/Flink), and schedulers (Airflow/Luigi).
• Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS cloud deployment practices.
• Knowledge of SQL, complex data modeling, and high-throughput NoSQL/columnar databases (Aerospike, Snowflake, Scylla, etc.).

Nice to have

• Experience designing multi-tenant distributed systems or real-time streaming frameworks (Flink/Storm).
• Knowledge of open table formats (Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake) and security/privacy frameworks.

Details

• Location: Remote - United States.
• Salary range: $150,000 - $180,000, depending on location and experience.