Lead Software Engineer

Overview

As a Lead Software Engineer on the Epsilon People Cloud Discovery platform, you will help power data-driven marketing at massive scale. You will design, build, and optimize the core software, data pipelines, and APIs that enable deep audience insights, advanced analytics, and digital activation across millions of consumers. Your work will directly influence the reliability, scalability, and performance of Epsilon’s data and analytics platform, helping teams transform large, complex datasets into actionable intelligence while upholding privacy-by-design principles.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, production-ready software components supporting the Epsilon People Cloud platform
• Expand and optimize distributed architectures, data flows, APIs, and infrastructure to support large-scale analytics workloads
• Lead the development of new features and components that generate insights from large datasets using Databricks
• Partner closely with product, engineering leadership, and cross-functional teams to plan, build, and deploy new capabilities
• Improve system reliability, automation, and operational efficiency by identifying and eliminating technical redundancies
• Drive architectural evaluations and technical discussions with internal and external partners
• Mentor and guide a small team of engineers through hands-on leadership, code reviews, and technical collaboration

What You’ll Bring With You

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Related Field
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering or data engineering, working on complex, distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language, preferably Python, Java, or Scala
• Solid experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Deep understanding of distributed computing, scalability, and software architecture principles
• Strong SQL skills with experience in data warehousing, data streaming, and relational databases
• Hands-on experience with Databricks technologies, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows, and Live Tables
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Test-Driven Development
• Experience working in agile, global scrum teams
• Strong communication skills and the ability to operate effectively under tight deadlines

Why You Might Stand Out from Other Talent

• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers while remaining deeply hands-on
• A track record of designing and tuning high-performance systems using strong data structures and algorithms
• Experience building and operating large-scale data platforms in cloud-native environments
• Exposure to AI and advanced analytics concepts applied to real-world data problems
• Passion for improving engineering standards, automation, and platform reliability
• Comfort influencing architecture and technical direction across teams without formal people-management responsibility

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Base Salary: $119,600 - $222,000

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon, but not limited to the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location and application employment laws. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:

• Time to Recharge:
  Flexible time off (FTO), 15 paid holidays
• Time to Recover:
  Paid sick time
• Family Well-Being:
  Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra Perks:
  Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or…