Remote (Global)

Zapier is hiring a Sr. Software Engineer, Backend (Integration Quality)

About the Role

Design and maintain backend services that power seamless integrations, focusing on scalability, correctness, and long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and refine backend systems that manage integration workflows
  • Ensure high reliability and accuracy in data synchronization across services
  • Collaborate with engineers to identify and resolve integration issues
  • Write clean, testable, and well-documented code
  • Diagnose and fix bugs in production environments
  • Contribute to system architecture decisions for integration pipelines
  • Improve monitoring and observability of backend processes
  • Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions
  • Work closely with product teams to align technical solutions with user needs
  • Optimize performance and reduce latency in integration execution
  • Maintain backward compatibility while evolving APIs
  • Implement automated testing strategies for integration logic
  • Support incident response and on-call rotations
  • Document technical designs and operational procedures
  • Evaluate third-party API changes and assess integration impact
  • Drive improvements in error handling and recovery mechanisms
  • Help define quality standards for integration development
  • Contribute to tooling that increases developer productivity
  • Ensure security and data privacy in integration pathways
  • Scale infrastructure to meet growing usage demands

Nice to Have

  • Background in integration platforms or middleware systems
  • Knowledge of workflow automation concepts
  • Experience with large-scale data synchronization
  • Familiarity with OAuth and API authentication standards
  • Exposure to microservices architecture in production
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Interest in developer experience and tooling

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Remote

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on backend systems and integration reliability

Why This Role Matters

Integration quality is central to delivering a trustworthy automation platform. This role ensures that connections between apps remain stable, predictable, and scalable as the ecosystem grows.

What You’ll Build

You’ll design systems that validate, monitor, and improve how data flows between applications. Your work will directly impact millions of automated workflows used by individuals and teams worldwide.

Engineering Culture

We value clarity, ownership, and sustainable pace. Engineers are trusted to make decisions, ship iteratively, and contribute to long-term technical health.

Growth Opportunities

You’ll have room to grow technically and mentor others. Leadership paths are available for those interested in guiding team direction or architectural strategy.

Onboarding & Support

New hires receive structured onboarding, a dedicated mentor, and access to internal documentation to get up to speed quickly.

Not available

Required Skills
TypeScriptNode.jsREST APIsPostgreSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDAPI DesignIntegration TestingQuality AssuranceDistributed SystemsAgile Methodologies
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Posted 7 months ago