Senior Backend Engineer, Zapier

• You have 7+ years of experience. You've dedicated at least 5 of those years to building distributed, scalable web applications.
• You have strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities and are driven to deliver outstanding customer experiences for both our external users and internal stakeholders
• Strong expertise in using Python for building web services
• Strong experience with AWS and cloud technologies
• Experience working with MySQL and/or Postgres and shipping database-backed web services at scale
• Experience working with Kafka, SQS, or other event based technologies
• Using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog and for monitoring and performance optimization, and to identify and address performance bottlenecks
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and tools like Jira for sprint planning, backlog management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams

Desirable

• As Zapier continues to scale our mission to democratize automation, we’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the cutting-edge Manage team
• Our mission is to help users organize all of their automation assets in a single, intuitive place, enabling teams to effortlessly locate and understand the systems they've built on Zapier
• Lead feature design and development: As a feature lead on some projects, you’ll develop work plans that enable our team to incrementally deliver value to our customers. You’ll provide leadership for junior engineers throughout the work, and help keep stakeholders informed of status and progress
• Build APIs for internal teams: You’ll work with teams across the entire Zapier organization to provide interfaces to data the Manage team owns, such as Projects and sharing data
• Become an expert in our team’s services: We’ll look to you over time to provide expertise in our team’s backend services, and to recommend long term strategy for evolving them to meet business requirements
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers: Provide design documentation for staff engineer review, and align team’s architecture with our broader engineering initiatives
• Mentor and Help Grow Fellow Engineers: While our team is experienced, we want someone who will continue to drive the growth of the team and be a solid mentor to their fellow engineers
• Monitor System Health: Regularly check system reliability and performance, ensuring high availability and optimal user experience
• Resolve Bugs and Address Feature Requests: Dive deep into any reported issues, ensuring they're resolved promptly, and constantly look for areas of improvement based on user feedback
• Collaborate Across Teams: Engage with various teams and stakeholders throughout Zapier, bringing value to our customers in innovative ways
• You’ll also have the opportunity to specialize in a variety of areas of the Zapier codebase. Focusing on a specialization will not limit your growth at Zapier as we believe that each engineer brings a unique perspective and can contribute in all areas. We encourage collaboration and will frequently have engineers contribute across teams to assist with projects

• Deadline to Apply: December 11, 2024 at 5:00 AM UTC
• All we ask is that you answer a few in-depth questions in our application that would typically be asked at the start of an interview process. This helps speed things up by letting us get to know you and your skillset a bit better right out of the gate. Please be sure to answer each question; the resume and CV fields are optional
• Education is not a requirement for our roles; however, if you receive an offer, you will need to include your most recent educational experience as part of our background check process
• After you apply, you are going to hear back from us—even if we don’t see an immediate fit with our team. In fact, throughout the process, we strive to never go more than seven days without letting you know the status of your application
• We know we’ll make mistakes from time to time, so if you ever have questions about where you stand or about the process, just ask your recruiter!