Senior Compute Platform Engineer at Zeta Global

Senior Compute Platform Engineer – Berlin, Germany

As a Senior Compute Platform Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will build and run the data infrastructure that powers Zeta’s platform, including the lakehouse platform.

Responsibilities

• Operate and implement new features in the framework and services managed by the team.
• Engage with data scientists and identify ways to improve their experience and productivity.
• Identify and implement computational improvements.
• Fix bugs by submitting patches to open-source projects such as Spark, Iceberg, Hadoop, Airflow, and others.
• Act as an expert on Spark and Scala.
• Mentor engineers (pairing, design discussions, knowledge sharing) and raise quality, reliability standards across the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven years of software engineering experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related field.
• Two or more years of experience and proficiency in Scala or other JVM‐based languages.
• Experience with Spark and/or other large‐scale data‐processing frameworks.
• Kubernetes experience is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, Athena, etc.) is beneficial.
• Interest in back‐end technologies, architecture, and passion for learning.
• Interest in math, statistics, or adtech technology is a plus.
• Analytical approach to problems and pragmatic solutions.
• Ability to work independently and enterprising in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Salary Range

€120,000 - €130,000, depending on location and experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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, national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We are committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work.