Backend Engineer (Events) - Remote

Overview

Zapier is seeking a Backend Engineer to join Team Events, focusing on building and enhancing foundational event and queuing services that power its products.

In Short

• Join a remote team to enhance event systems at Zapier.
• Work with AWS services and event architectures.
• Utilize Python, Go, or Typescript in your development.
• Collaborate with teams to build scalable solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations for system reliability.
• Contribute to data governance and best practices.
• Engage in code reviews and mentoring.
• Explore new technologies and solutions.
• Focus on user experience and product improvement.
• Embrace Zapier's values in a fully remote environment.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with event/streaming systems at scale.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.
• Natural curiosity and eagerness to learn.
• SRE experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of distributed data stores.
• Experience with SQS and queues in the cloud preferred.

Benefits

• Work remotely from anywhere.
• Collaborate with a diverse team.
• Flexible work schedule promoting work-life harmony.
• Opportunities for professional growth and learning.
• Engage in a culture of transparency and inclusion.
• Participate in team-building activities.
• Contribute to meaningful projects impacting users globally.
• Access to resources for personal development.
• Supportive work environment valuing collaboration.
• Commitment to diversity and equitable hiring practices.