Location NAMER Employment Type Full time Location Type Remote Department Engineering Deadline to Apply November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM UTC Compensation United States $187.8K 6 $281.6K 3 Offers Equity 3 Offers Bonus Canada CA$187.8K 6 CA$281.6K 3 Offers Equity 3 Offers Bonus We believe all Zapiens should be rewarded competitively and equitably, using practices that are simple and transparent. This philosophy ensures were able to find, grow, and retain exceptional people from a broad range of backgrounds. Heres how we define our compensation principles:
A Candidate's compensation package is finalized once the interview process is concluded and accounts for demonstrated experience, job knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal equity. We use a business impact approach to base pay, which means we set pay for all Zapiens based on their demonstrated impact on Zapiers success. In alignment with that philosophy, the upper half of a pay range is typically reserved for individuals who have consistently demonstrated a high impact in their current role and level while at Zapier. For more information on Zapiers Total Rewards please click here.
At Zapier, we build and use automation every day to make work more efficient, creative, and human. So if youre using AI tools while applying here - thats great! We just ask that you use them responsibly and transparently. Check out our guidance on How to Collaborate with AI During Zapiers Hiring Process including how to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or others during our hiring process - and when not to. Hi there! Hi there! Zapier is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Developer Impact team, part of the Zapier Internal Platforms zone. Were on a mission to make everyone more productive at work through the power of automation, and that includes our own engineers. Zapier has helped millions of people build businesses through the power of our automation platform. Now, we want to ensure our developers have equally amazing tools and processes internally to build the future of automation with velocity and confidence. Zapiers Developer Impact team is focused on improving the effectiveness and velocity of our engineering organization. We do this by applying insights and innovations in development tooling and processes with a strong emphasis on AI-powered developer workflows and cutting-edge productivity tooling. As the Engineering Manager for Developer Impact, you'll shape and drive this mission, working across the company to eliminate friction in the software development life cycle. This isnt your typical DevEx team. We take a hypothesis-driven, experimental approach to internal tooling, rapidly testing ideas and measuring their impact. We heavily leverage applied AI from intelligent code assistants to automated CI pipelines to reduce toil and supercharge our developers flow. We also keep our scope nimble, building lightweight solutions that we dogfood internally and quickly adapt as technology and team needs evolve. If youre excited about high-leverage opportunities to boost engineering productivity, and you love collaborating in a culture of creative experimentation, youll thrive in this role. If youre eager to lead high-impact projects at a fast-growing, profitable, and remote-first company, read on!
You have experience leading teams focused on developer productivity, developer experience, or internal platforms. You treat internal engineers as your customers empathizing with their pain points and delivering solutions that make their work easier and faster.
Youre a proven engineering leader (with a few years of management under your belt) who knows how to hire, develop, and retain great talent.
You thrive in a hypothesis-driven environment. You love to experiment with new tools or processes to improve workflow, measure the results with data, and iterate based on what you learn. Change doesnt scare you you embrace it as an opportunity to improve and leverage new ideas.
Youve shipped production code and have a solid grasp of modern software development practices including CI/CD pipelines, verson control, bcode review processes, and cloud infrastructure. Youve likely built or improved internal tools or automation for a dev team before so you can dive into technical discussions and guide your team in making sound engineering decisions.
You have interest or experience in applying AI/ML to developer workflows. Maybe youve used AI coding assistants automated testing tools or other AI-driven development aids or youre eager to learn and adopt them. You stay curious about emerging tech (AI included) that can reduce developer toil and improve efficiency.
you think like a product manager when it comes to internal tooling. you can balance quick wins (e.g., automating a tedious manual task) with long-term investments (e.g., standardized framework or service template). you prioritize work that delivers high leverage for business and youre comfortable adjusting roadmap as needs evolve within engineering orgs.
Posted 1/1/2026