Engineering Manager, Zapier
State
$188-281.7k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus, Canada: $188K – $281.7K
Workflow automation service
Be an early applicant
Workflow automation service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$188-281.7k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus, Canada: $188K – $281.7K
1001+ employees
Company mission
Zapier's mission is to Make Automation Work for Everyone!
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience managing engineering teams, preferably in a remote environment
- Strong background in large-scale distributed systems and data infrastructure
- Deep understanding of database management, including MySQL, Postgres, ElastiCache, and Redis
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities effectively
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced Engineering Manager to lead our State team. This role will be pivotal in managing all data stores at Zapier—including our monolith MySQL database, Postgres, ElastiCache, and Redis—ensuring they meet the high demands of our growing user base and business
- As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for building, scaling, and optimizing our data storage systems. In this role, you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers and SREs, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
- Manage and optimize our data stores, ensuring high availability and performance across MySQL, Postgres, ElastiCache, and Redis
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with business objectives
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering and SRE practices—including code quality, testing, deployment processes, observability, and resource utilization
- Oversee robust incident management and on-call practices to ensure system reliability and performance
- Lead and support the State team, ensuring they have the resources, clarity, and psychological safety to thrive. You'll invest in each team member’s growth through regular feedback, coaching, and opportunities that stretch their skills and support their long-term career goals
- Oversee the reliable operation and thoughtful scaling of our data storage systems
- Collaborate closely with other engineering managers and cross-functional partners to align on goals and drive improvements that matter
- Champion best practices around reliability, performance, and security—balancing technical excellence with practical impact
- Foster a team culture grounded in trust, continuous learning, and a growth mindset
- Help the team plan intentionally—shaping roadmaps, organizing sprints, and removing blockers to support meaningful progress
- Offer honest, supportive feedback and performance guidance to help team members grow while maintaining high standards
- Work alongside Staff and Senior Engineering Managers and Directors to stay aligned on priorities and support each other in delivering great outcomes
Application process
- The anticipated application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later, or if the position is filled
- Deadline to Apply: 31 July 2025 at 05:00 BST
Our take
Even before remote working became the "in thing", freelancers, small business owners, and large organisations have found themselves needing more and more software platforms to serve their operations needs. As people used more software services, Zapier founders saw the need to connect the actions between these softwares and save everyone some time.
Zapier is the largest integration and automation tool for businesses. Since being founded, Zapier has grown its suite of automation offerings across almost every mainstream software service. The company is one of the most successful to come out of Y Combinator, and has also been one of the pioneers of remote working.
Zapier has so far, been able to capitalise heavily on its advantage as first entrants and has had very little actual competition. Software services aren't going anywhere anytime soon and organisations are only going to need more of them. This puts Zapier in a strong place growth-wise but also opens up room for bolder companies to get in on the action. Companies like Airtable and Integromat are already preying on more niche segments of Zapier's market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2012
$1.3m
SEED
Total funding: $1.3m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Bonus program
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Great healthcare + dental + vision coverage*
- Retirement plan with company match*
- Stock options for every Zapien**
- 2 annual company retreats to awesome places
- 14 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Home office setup stipend
- Professional development allowance
Additional info
- As a fully remote company with 800+ team members across 40+ states, 38 countries, and 18+ timezones, we’ve adopted a culture of asynchronous work. This work style allows teams to collaborate effectively across locations, time zones, skills, and each individual’s energy levels, and empowers employees to work in a setting that fits their needs. In practice, we live on Slack, with most conversations in public channels. It mimics the open-office feel and allows everyone to search the chat logs if they need to find something that happened when they weren’t around
Leadership
Wade Foster
(CEO & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Zapier, wasEmail Marketing Manager with Veterans United Home Loans, and Customer Development Lead at The Idea Works.
Bryan Helmig
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was previously Product Dev/Manager at Veterans United Home Loans.
Mike Knoop
(Co-Founder)Was CPO and Head of Labs at Zapier before becoming President. Previously was a Graduate Research at the University of Missouri.
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