Backend Engineer, Zapier
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CA$138.3-207.5k
Salary for candidates based in the US; $138,300 - $207,500 + Equity & Bonus
Workflow automation service
Job no longer available
Workflow automation service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$138.3-207.5k
Salary for candidates based in the US; $138,300 - $207,500 + Equity & Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
Zapier's mission is to Make Automation Work for Everyone!
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years with software development in Python, with at least 3 years focused on building large distributed systems
- Experience in developing large-scale execution platforms and creating infrastructure as code
- Strong background in building and managing distributed systems, including expertise with queues and event-based architecture
- Strong experience with AWS services, cloud computing technologies, and distributed databases
Desirable
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills, combined with excellent collaboration and communication abilities
- A natural curiosity and eagerness to learn and explore new technologies and solutions
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using a tool like GitLab)
What the job involves
- Zapier is a small, fast-growing, and remote-first company, so you'll likely get experience on many different projects across the organization
- Directly impact how our customers can be more productive by building and supporting the foundational building blocks of Zapier
- Participate in or lead architecture design reviews with team members and stakeholders to refactor or improve existing code as language versions, frameworks, or techniques evolve. Assist the team in selecting appropriate tools to address new challenges as they arise
- Work closely with our product, data, and infrastructure teams to create amazing and intuitive experiences that make it effortless to connect different apps together
- Provide feedback on tools, processes, and documentation in place to help us become a better, more effective organization
- Work with your colleagues to develop new skills, through code review, discussions and mentoring. Help us all become better engineers and humans
- Ship to hundreds of thousands of users every day while having lots of autonomy in terms of code and feature ownership
Application process
- Deadline to Apply; 6 September 2024 at 08:00 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.
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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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