Engineer - Backend (Identity)

Job Posted: 8/3/24

Location : NAMER specifically in Eastern (EST) and Central Timezones (CST)

Hi there!

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Identity Team at Zapier. We are on a mission to scale our Authentication and Authorization systems across the product and platform to provide the Access Controls and User Management our customers need! Would you like to join us?

We know applying for and taking on a new job at any company requires a leap of faith. We want you to feel comfortable and excited to apply at Zapier. To help share a bit more about life at Zapier here are a few resources in addition to the job description that can give you an inside look at what life is like at Zapier. Hopefully you'll take the leap of faith and apply.

• Our Commitment to Applicants

• Culture and Values at Zapier

• Zapier Guide to Remote Work

• Zapier Code of Conduct

• Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier

About You

You love shipping to customers. You’ll be on a full-stack team focused on understanding internal customers' needs and translating those needs from specifications into functional production-ready code. You know how to balance speed versus quality to support the features we build used by millions of people.

You have backend expertise to bring to the team. You have at least 5+ years of software development experience building complex web-based products. You bring best practices and institutional knowledge to help the team succeed. Zapier is built on Python Django React Node.js MySQL PostgreSQL and AWS. We use modern tools which means you’ll have the opportunity to work with software like GitLab Kubernetes Terraform and much more.

You have Authentication and Authorization knowledge. You have a good understanding of Authentication protocols such as OAuth2 SAML JWT etc. Experience in implementing secure Authentication and Authorization mechanisms is crucial to the health and security of our platform.

You have worked on large complex projects. You are familiar with micro-service architecture and understand how to design and build resilient code consider tradeoffs where necessary and embrace ambiguity as new challenges arise.

You foster collaboration and communication. We pride ourselves in working together as a team and with other teams across the organization. You'll often find opportunities to write code for cross-functional projects and guide other teams to integrate with our systems. Strong communication is also essential as you’ll support other Engineers respond to bottlenecks and keep everyone informed of your progress.

You embody our values. At Zapier our values are at the heart of how we work together and how we think about our customers. In our remote setting they help develop trust and ensure we work and collaborate to democratize automation.

Things You'll Do:

• Develop and maintain our Authentication and Authorization systems to support the creation expansion and maintenance across our services as we scale.

• Build monitoring and observability for our services (SLOs Alerts Dashboards).

• Work cross-functionally with partnering teams to communicate technical direction and understand their needs.

• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt or the most important areas to invest in.

• Contribute to Identity Platform initiatives to support the team and areas we own. This includes responding to bottlenecks and providing progress updates to stakeholders.

• Participate in our weekly On-Call rotation.

• Join our yearly company retreats that rotate to various cities throughout North America to meet and collaborate with Zapiens in person.

How to Apply

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 education or 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.

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 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] .

Application Deadline:

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.