Application Platform Architect
Zeta Global
AnsibleAWSCloudDockerJavaKubernetesMicroservicesPythonScalaTerraform
Ads Platform Architect
Zeta Global
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $300,000 - $400,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
AWSCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBHadoopHDFSJavaKafkaKubernetesNoSQLPythonRedisScalaSparkSQL
About the role
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance, and resilient AdTech solutions, with a specific focus on the DSP.
- Design and evolve the architecture of our real-time bidding system, targeting, and optimization algorithms.
- Define the technical roadmap and vision for our AdTech stack, evaluating new technologies and making build vs. buy decisions.
- Architect and implement intelligent systems using AI agents and agentic workflows to automate and optimize end-to-end marketing campaigns, including audience segmentation, creative generation, and real-time bid adjustments.
- Partner with engineering, product, and data science teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver innovative features, including those powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Ensure system robustness, observability, and stability in a high-concurrency, low-latency environment.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3-5 years in a lead architect or principal engineer role, specifically within the AdTech or MarTech space.
- Extensive experience designing and building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in the programmatic advertising ecosystem, including Demand-Side Platforms (DSPs), Real-Time Bidding (RTB), Supply-Side Platforms (SSPs), and Ad Exchanges.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Scala, or Python.
- Strong experience with big data technologies and frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, HDFS).
- Expertise with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and related services.
- Experience with various data stores, including both SQL and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB, ScyllaDB, Redis).
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software engineeringlead architectprogrammatic advertisingreal-time biddingDemand-Side Platformsbig data technologiesJavaScalaPythoncloud platforms
Soft skills
communicationpresentationinterpersonaltechnical guidancementorshipcollaborationcontinuous improvement
