Lead Developer Experience Engineer

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 industrys 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 .

Lead Developer Experience Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on highly driven Lead Developer Experience Engineer todesign build and continuously improve the internal platform tooling andpractices that empower our developers to succeed. Anchored in DeveloperExperience yet focused on the platform layer this role sits at the intersection ofdevelopment DevOps and infrastructure and exists to remove friction in howengineers interact with partner groups (e.g. Release EngineeringSRE/Infrastructure Security) through clear processes and guidelines. You will leadthe charter of our internal developer platform and experience owning the roadmapestablishing core capabilities (CI/CD build/test local dev environments) anddriving measurable productivity gains across the company.

This role requires a doer with a proven track record of delivering impact in mediumto large-scale engineering organizations someone who thrives at the intersection ofdevelopment DevOps and infrastructure. You will be lead the charter of developerexperience and raise the bar for developer productivity across the engineering org.

Responsibilities

Design build and maintain local and remote developer environments thatare fast reliable and consistent.

Maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines for speed reliability and cost-efficiency.

Streamline developer workflows to reduce friction and enable rapid safedelivery of features.

Build maintain and evolve testing environments and frameworks.

Own the end-to-end developer onboarding flow ensuring engineers can beproductive from day one.

Proactively analyze debug and resolve complex environment issues acrossbuild systems infrastructure and tooling.

Champion metrics and observability around developer productivity (buildtimes test times CI/CD stability onboarding duration etc.) andcontinuously drive improvements.

Collaborate closely with developers QA SRE and DevOps teams to identifypain points and implement scalable solutions.

Advocate for best practices in code quality testing and deployment as partof the developer experience charter. Introduce AI-powered enhancements where they provide clear productivitygains such as intelligent testing onboarding automation or assisted codereviews.

Qualifications

Proven experience improving developer productivity in medium to largeengineering organizations.

Strong expertise with macOS and Linux development environments.

Proficiency in Bash Python and TypeScript; familiarity with Go or Java is aplus.

Solid experience with containers (Docker Kubernetes/EKS) and buildoptimization techniques.

Familiarity with build systems and dependency management tools (pnpmnpm pip).

Experience with testing frameworks and environments (pytest Jest/VitestJUnit/Testcontainers etc.).

Familiarity with linting and static analysis tools (SonarQube SpotBugsCheckstyle ESLint Flake8).

Strong knowledge of CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins orCircleCI) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).

Demonstrated experience leveraging frameworks like DORA (lead timedeployment frequency MTTR change failure rate) and SPACE (satisfactionperformance activity communication efficiency) to measure and improvedeveloper experience.

Design and support progressive delivery workflows (feature flags canaryreleases blue/green deploys) and ensure rollback strategies are seamlesslyintegrated into developer pipelines.

Excellent debugging troubleshooting and problem-solving skills acrosscomplex systems.

Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influenceand drive change across teams.

A hands-on builder mindsetwilling to roll up your sleeves experiment anddeliver results independently.

Bonus Skills

Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS) and developer tooling ecosystems.

Contributions to open-source developer tooling or productivity frameworks. Knowledge of developer onboarding automation and self-service tooling.

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 $150000 - $200000 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 individuals 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.

Were 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: IN THE NEWS!