Sr. Software Engineer (Product Platform Zone, Backend Leaning)

We're humans who simply think computers should do more work.

At Zapier, we’re not just making software—we’re building a platform to help millions of businesses globally scale with automation and AI. Our mission is to make automation work for everyone by delivering products that delight our customers. You’ll collaborate with brilliant people, use the latest tools, and leverage the flexibility of remote work. Your work will directly fuel our customers’ success, and as they grow, so will you.

Job Posted: 9/10/25

Location: Americas

Zapier is on a mission to make automation for everyone, everywhere. To do that, we’re building a brand-new SDK that empowers developers inside and outside Zapier to create, extend, and scale automations seamlessly. As one of the foundational members of the SDK team, you’ll help design, build, and scale this platform from the ground up, balancing the needs of our internal engineering teams and external developer community.

This role is ideal for a strong full-stack engineer who thrives on building at scale, cares deeply about developer experience, and wants to have a lasting impact on Zapier’s platform and ecosystem.

• Our Commitment to Applicants

• Culture and Values at Zapier

• Zapier Guide to Remote Work

• Zapier Code of Conduct

• Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier

• Design & Build the SDK: Architect and implement core features of Zapier’s new SDK, ensuring it’s scalable, intuitive, and extensible.

• Support Developer Experience: Create documentation pipelines, testing frameworks, and CI/CD processes that make the SDK reliable and easy to use.

• Balance Internal & External Needs: Build infrastructure that supports both Zapier engineers and external developers, focusing on ergonomics, reliability, and scale.

• Establish Foundations: Define best practices, coding standards, and release processes for the SDK team.

• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with platform, infra, and product engineering teams to integrate the SDK seamlessly into Zapier’s ecosystem.

• Mentor & Lead Projects: Take ownership of complex initiatives, guide technical direction, and support the growth of peers on the team.

• SDK / Developer Platform Experience: You’ve built or contributed to developer platforms, SDKs, or open-source tools (preferably published to npm, PyPI, or similar registries). You understand how to design intuitive APIs and create great developer experiences.

• Full-Stack Expertise: You’re comfortable working across the stack; building front-end components, backend services, and the APIs that connect them. You have experience with API gateways and integration points, especially in the context of SDKs and developer tooling.

• Authentication Experience: You have hands-on experience with OAuth, API keys, JWTs, and related auth patterns essential to SDKs and APIs.

• Language Proficiency: You’re comfortable with TypeScript and Python, and can work across multiple stacks and toolchains.

• Scale, Reliability & Customer Mindset: You design systems to scale reliably, but also think carefully about how those systems are released to real customers. You prioritize developer experience, usability, and feedback loops so that both internal teams and external users can succeed.

• Internal & External Empathy: You can gather requirements from internal Zapier teams while keeping in mind the needs of external developers and customers.

• Collaborative Approach: You work well with senior engineers, platform teams, and other specialists, and you’re comfortable asking questions, sharing ideas, and learning from others.

• Remote-Ready: You excel in asynchronous communication and self-manage effectively in a fully remote, distributed team.

• Adaptable: You’ve worked in fast-moving environments and can adjust processes and tools as the product and team evolve.

Nice To Have

• Standards & Code Generation: You have experience with OpenAPI specifications and have explored SDK code generation from specs or intermediary formats.

• Feedback & Telemetry: Familiarity with collecting telemetry or usage metrics from SDKs to inform product improvements.

• Cross-Codebase Contributions: Comfort contributing changes to adjacent codebases to improve APIs that SDKs rely on.

• First-Generation SDK: Designing the architecture and first release of Zapier’s SDK.

• Path to External Publishing: Creating the infrastructure, tooling, and processes to publish the SDK externally so developers outside Zapier can consume it easily and reliably.

• Streamlined API Availability: Making Zapier’s other APIs more accessible and consistent by exposing them through the SDK and related developer tooling.

Zapier is a 100% remote team, and has been since day one. We value asynchronous communication, transparent collaboration, and work-life harmony. We believe in building systems that scale—both in code and in culture.

If you’re passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven automation, and want to work at a company that cares deeply about its people and its product, we’d love to hear from you.

At Zapier, we believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us better, which is why we have a non-standard application process designed to promote inclusion and equity. We're looking for the best fit for each of our roles, regardless of the type of companies in your background, so we encourage you to apply even if your skills and experiences don’t exactly match the job description. 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!

Zapier is an equal-opportunity employer and we're excited to work with talented and empathetic people of all identities. Zapier does not discriminate based on someone's identity in any aspect of hiring or employment as required by law and in line with our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity. Our code of conduct provides a beacon for the kind of company we strive to be, and we celebrate our differences because those differences are what allow us to make a product that serves a global user base. Zapier will consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

Zapier prioritizes the security of our customers' information and is dedicated to adhering to all applicable data privacy laws. You can review our privacy policy here.

Zapier is committed to inclusion. As part of this commitment, Zapier welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities and will work to provide reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

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.

Even though we’re an all-remote company, we still need to be thoughtful about where we have Zapiens working. Check out this resource for a list of countries where we currently cannot have Zapiens permanently working.

Compensation Range: $170.8K - $224.1K