Backend Engineer, Zapier
Edge
CA$138.3-207.5k
Salary for US based candidates; $138,300 - $207,500 + Equity + Bonus
Workflow automation service
Job no longer available
Workflow automation service
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
CA$138.3-207.5k
Salary for US based candidates; $138,300 - $207,500 + Equity + Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Zapier's mission is to Make Automation Work for Everyone!
Role
Who you are
- You have a solid foundation of experience. You bring over 4 years of experience, with at least 2 of those years dedicated to building distributed, scalable web applications. Your depth of expertise makes you a valuable asset to our engineering team
- You excel in backend development. You have robust expertise in using Python to build web services and are proficient in working with AWS, especially Lambda and other cloud technologies. You have hands-on experience with event-based technologies like Kafka or SQS and are skilled in database performance optimization and query tuning with MySQL. Familiarity with caching solutions such as Memcached or Redis further highlights your technical prowess
- You are proficient in performance monitoring and optimization. You use tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog for monitoring system performance, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring optimal operation of our services
- You appreciate the value of DevOps practices. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (e.g., using GitLab and Terraform) is a plus, as well as proficiency in implementing and securing authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, RBAC, and session management)
- You value collaboration. You understand that building modern software is a team sport, and you enjoy working as part of a tight-knit team. You’re happy to pitch in and help the team, whether by reviewing code, pairing on a tricky problem, or just thinking about how to solve the challenges we’re facing
- You value exploration and versatility. You are comfortable working in other teams’ codebases to achieve the Edge team’s goals. This will involve embedding yourself in the other team, becoming familiar with their developer workflow, and collaborating with stakeholders on the other team to implement your solutions
- You can balance lots of concerns. Our team manages a wide variety of services catering to a broad spectrum of internal clients. You'll be expected to adeptly balance incoming work to address these services, prioritizing them ruthlessly yet judiciously. Your ability to manage this diversity without being overwhelmed is crucial, ensuring not only that we meet our varied demands but also consistently deliver high-quality, impactful results in our dynamic, fast-paced environment
- You advocate for the user. You have a keen eye for great design, and you’re empathetic to the needs of the end-user. When you notice users struggling to succeed you take it as a personal challenge to understand why and help the team build a better product
- You love learning new things. You love researching new tech and driving forward with the implementation details
What the job involves
- Directly impact how our customers can be more productive by building, supporting, and scaling triggers and actions, the foundational building blocks of Zapier
- Work with AWS services like SQS, Redis, S3, Lambda and MSK to build scalable solutions that process millions of requests. Use Terraform to maintain and build our infrastructure
- Refactor or improve existing code as languages, frameworks, or techniques evolve. Help the team pick appropriate tools to solve new problems as they arise
- Work closely with our product, design, and frontend 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
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the reliability and availability of our systems, providing timely and effective support when issues arise
- 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
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 operational needs. As people used more software services, Zapier founders saw the need to connect the actions between these software and save everyone some time.
Zapier is the largest integration and automation tool for businesses. Since its founding, 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 a pioneer of remote working.
Zapier has so far been able to capitalise heavily on its advantage as one of the 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 position for growth, 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 (2 rounds)
Oct 2012
$1.3m
SEED
Sep 2012
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $1.5m
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
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Zapier, wasEmail Marketing Manager with Veterans United Home Loans, and Customer Development Lead at The Idea Works.
Bryan Helmig
(Co-Founder & CTO)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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