Lead Software Engineer - Healthcare Data & Audience Applications

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.

Zeta Global is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build and scale healthcare-focused applications and data systems that power audience intelligence activation measurement and reporting across both HCP and DTC workflows.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role operating at the intersection of distributed systems data engineering and healthcare domain constraints. You will design and deliver systems that integrate identity audience data and campaign performance while meeting strict requirements for privacy compliance and reliability.
The ideal candidate brings strong system design depth experience building data-intensive platforms and the ability to lead through architecture and execution in regulated environments.

• Full-stack applications supporting HCP and patient (DTC) audience discovery segmentation and activation
  • Scalable data pipelines for ingestion normalization and enrichment of healthcare datasets
  • Identity resolution and data linkage services across fragmented data sources
  • Reporting attribution and measurement systems connecting campaigns to outcomes
  • APIs and services enabling downstream activation analytics and partner integrations

• Lead architecture and hands-on development of distributed systems supporting healthcare data workflows
  • Design and implement scalable data pipelines (batch and streaming) for large-scale datasets
  • Build and maintain APIs and services with strong SLAs observability and fault tolerance
  • Implement identity resolution logic including matching deduplication and graph-based linkage
  • Ensure high data quality through validation reconciliation and monitoring frameworks
  • Design systems with strong security controls including encryption access control and auditability
  • Apply privacy-by-design principles across all systems handling PHI/PII
  • Partner with Product and Data teams to translate healthcare requirements into scalable architectures
  • Drive engineering best practices across testing CI/CD code quality and operational excellence
  • Mentor engineers and act as a technical leader across the team

• Strong experience designing distributed systems (microservices event-driven architectures)
  • Deep understanding of data modeling storage systems (OLTP OLAP) and data processing frameworks
  • Experience with streaming and batch processing (e.g. Kafka Spark Flink or similar)
  • Proficiency in backend development (Python Java or Ruby) and API design (REST/gRPC)
  • Experience building modern front-end applications (React or similar)
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes)
  • Experience implementing observability (logging metrics tracing) and reliability patterns
  • Strong understanding of performance optimization and scalability tradeoffs

• Experience working with HCP data (provider identity targeting segmentation)
  • Experience with patient / DTC data workflows and privacy-aware systems
  • Understanding of healthcare data ecosystems (claims provider or audience datasets)
  • Familiarity with identity graphs and data onboarding patterns
  • Experience building reporting or attribution systems tied to business outcomes
  • Strong grasp of HIPAA PHI/PII and regulated data handling requirements

• 8–10 years of software engineering experience with increasing technical ownership
  • Proven track record of building and scaling data-intensive or distributed systems
  • Experience working in regulated environments (healthcare strongly preferred)
  • Strong system design and architecture skills
  • Ability to lead technically while remaining hands-on in implementation
  • Strong collaboration skills across engineering product and data teams

• Experience with healthcare data providers or identity ecosystems
  • Background in AdTech MarTech or audience/data platforms
  • Experience with privacy-enhancing technologies (tokenization clean rooms)
  • Exposure to ML/AI-driven data products or analytics systems

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 $200000 - $215000 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/ 

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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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