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Brief #85407Updated 13 JUL 2026REMOTEGreenhouseSOFTWARE COMPANIES
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Lead Software Engineer - Core AI

Zeta Global Corp. designs and develops enterprise software. The Company offers CRM, customer acquisition, strategic managed services, and private data cloud solutions. Zeta Global serves clients worldwide.

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Lead Software Engineer - Core AI · Zeta Global

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Job title
Lead Software Engineer - Core AI
Job location
Remote - United States
Job description

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.

The Role

As a Lead Software Engineer on our AI Platform Team, you will drive the design and development of the next generation of agentic, reliable, and scalable GenAI platforms supporting state-of-the-art large language models, evaluation systems, and secure developer tooling. You will play a key role in shaping technical direction, ensuring architectural excellence, and mentoring peers while collaborating across the company to infuse AI into real-world production solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Set technical direction and architect multi-tenant GenAI platform systems
  • Lead the development of secure, scalable platforms and developer tooling for agentic coding and experimentation
  • Integrate generative AI frameworks, LLMs, and evaluation platforms into enterprise-grade solutions
  • Solve complex technical challenges, ensuring reliability, security, and performance at scale
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with Research, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years engineering experience; proficient in C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python
  • Experience with generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and cloud infrastructure
  • Familiarity with GenAI platform technologies (MCP, LangGraph, OpenAI, Bedrock)
  • Strong architecture, design, and problem-solving skills with a focus on security and reliability
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions

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 $200,000 - $215,000, 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!

https://zetaglobal.com/press/?cat=press-releases 

 

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Zeta Global headquarters

New York, NY

Company size

1,0005,000 employees

Founded

2007

Total raised

$1,462,700,032

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Funding rounds

  • IPOUndisclosed