Engineering Manager, State

Engineering Manager

Salary: NZ$187.8K - NZ$281.6K Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote Location: New Zealand or Australia east coast only Job Posted: 7/9/25

About Zapier

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.

We’re a globally distributed team, working together to make Zapier the trusted, go-to partner for business automation. If you’re interested in advancing your career at a fast-growing, profitable, impact-driven company, then read on…

Position Overview

Zapier's Editor Troubleshooting team is on a mission to ensure that the process of building, updating, and deploying resilient Zaps is AI-enabled, easy, trustworthy, and efficient. Leading the Editor team means you'll be at the nexus of Zapier's growth, driving innovations that enable users to build more sophisticated workflows with greater ease. The team's work has an outsized impact on Zapier's success – every improvement to the editor's performance, every enhancement to its interface, and every new capability we add reverberates across our entire user base.

This role offers a unique opportunity to guide a team working on high-visibility, high-impact projects that are fundamental to Zapier's mission of democratizing automation. You'll collaborate with product, design, and engineering leaders across the company to evolve our editor from a powerful tool into an indispensable platform that our users can't imagine working without.

About You

You are a skilled engineering leader with a strong background in leading a team of Engineers working in our stack (primarily Typescript & React, with a side helping of Python, Django, AWS infrastructure, etc.). You understand how your team’s services work and can provide feedback on designs proposed by your engineers. You hold a high standard for operational excellence, monitoring service health and addressing issues.

Key Attributes:

• Effective Team Builder: You have at least four years of experience managing teams of at least 4-5 engineers (Backend & Frontend). You know how to hire, train, and develop engineers from all backgrounds and understand the benefits of building a diverse and inclusive engineering team.
• Collaborative Leader: You thrive on bringing people together and breaking down silos, knowing that the best solutions emerge when teams collaborate openly. Your leadership style emphasizes cross-team partnerships and shared success, and you have a track record of fostering environments where knowledge flows freely and wins are celebrated collectively.
• Energized by No-Code Innovation: You see the transformative potential in making automation accessible to everyone and bring that enthusiasm to your partnerships with product and design teams. Your engineering expertise gives you unique insights into building powerful yet intuitive no-code tools. You're excited about the intersection of automation and emerging technologies like generative AI, and you're eager to explore how these advances can empower users to build more sophisticated workflows with less complexity.
• Product Thinker: As an Engineering Manager, you’ve worked to set goals, metrics, and a strategy for a product or team.

Our Commitment to Applicants

• Culture and Values at Zapier
• Zapier Guide to Remote Work
• Zapier Code of Conduct
• Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier