Senior Engineer, Backend – MCP
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Senior Backend Engineer designing scalable APIs at Zapier for AI automation. Influencing core performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and evolve core APIs that enable agents to take meaningful actions across Zapier’s integration ecosystem
- Build systems that support scalable orchestration, robust logging, and high-availability execution
- Influence and collaborate on the core performance for MCP
- Integrate with Zapier’s existing execution infrastructure
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Platform, and Sales teams
- Drive design decisions that prioritize scalability, performance, security, and clarity
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience designing, developing and maintaining complex production systems
- Comfortable writing backend services (Python or Node.js ideal)
- Deep into API design, database modeling, or CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of AI tools to accelerate development process
- Experience with or implemented components like model context protocol or agent frameworks
- Experience building or contributing to platform products
- Lead with customer empathy and curiosity
- Bias toward action and initiative",
Benefits:
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus


















