Principal Architect

WHO WE ARE  

Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the Data-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. 

THE ROLE

Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) is a machine learning/AI powered customer acquisition and CRM multi-tenant platform. The Sr backend developer will work on server-side APIs and services that enable a highly distributed event pipeline and a stack that gets tens of thousands of messages per second.

The Principal Architect will lead the development and maintenance of the architectural vision for the company's software systems, providing technical oversight and strategic insight into their evolution. This role involves engaging with stakeholders, influencing roadmaps, and driving key projects, while evaluating emerging technologies and fostering innovative solutions. The Principal Architect will mentor team members, collaborate with Product Managers on product design, and work with the DevOps team to optimize infrastructure, ensuring system robustness and observability. Representing the company at industry events, the Principal Architect will enhance technical leadership and company branding. 

You should have deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud architecture , various web and data technologies, cloud computing and be passionate about working with high-throughput systems where the issues of throughput, performance, redundancy, and concurrency are paramount.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Principal Architect, you will be:

• Architectural Vision and Oversight: Develop and maintain the vision for the application and integration architecture across various software systems that drive the business.
• Technical Leadership: Provide comprehensive technical oversight for different systems, guiding teams in designing and operating production-ready systems.
• Strategic Thought Leadership: Offer strategic insight on the evolution of system architecture in the short, medium, and long term.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage in architectural discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership of key projects and initiatives.
• Innovation and Problem-Solving: Evaluate emerging technologies and seek innovative solutions to address existing and new …