Zapier · 1 month ago
Engineering Manager, Growth
NAMER
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$192K/yr - $287K/yr
3+ years expZapier is a company that builds and uses automation to make work more efficient and creative. They are looking for an Engineering Manager for their Growth Personalization team to lead the development and maintenance of their personalization infrastructure, enhancing user engagement through data-driven experiences.
Business Process Automation (BPA)Cloud ComputingData IntegrationSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Define the technical strategy for the Personalization Platform, collaborating with stakeholders across Data, Product, and Growth teams to align technical solutions with business goals
Lead technical execution, including system design, architecture, and operational excellence, to ensure reliability and scalability of personalization and experimentation infrastructure
Own the development of self-service tools that enable product teams to design, deploy, and analyze their own A/B tests and personalized experiences without engineering bottlenecks
Partner closely with the Data org to implement recommendation engines and user context APIs that drive front-end personalization across the logged-in member homepage, onboarding survey, and embedded experiences throughout the product
Build and maintain high-throughput, low-latency systems that deliver personalized content and recommendations in real-time using technologies like Algolia, GraphQL, and edge computing
Stay on top of personalization and experimentation trends and innovations, ensuring Zapier remains competitive in its approach to user engagement and growth
Develop effective ways to communicate, monitor, and lead your team through weekly one-on-ones and team meetings
Build rapport with each member of your Engineering Team and support them through coaching and mentorship to help level up their skills, and performance management when necessary
Participate in code reviews, learning and spreading technical knowledge throughout Zapier - moving knowledge to documentation where appropriate
Maintain a focus on our customers by using customer feedback and data insights to guide your team through tradeoffs. You'll help your team understand when to be rigid on quality and how to be flexible and creative with scope
Actively recruit, onboard, and train new engineers at Zapier, as well as supporting the continuous improvement of hiring practices in Engineering
Create documentation and training resources to help teams effectively utilize the personalization platform and drive adoption across the organization
Qualification
Required
3+ years managing teams focused on personalization, experimentation, or growth platforms
Deep technical expertise in modern web technologies and personalization ecosystems, including recommendation engines, A/B testing platforms, feature flagging, and real-time data pipelines
Hands-on experience with core tech stack: TypeScript, Python, Node.js, GraphQL, and Next.js
Experience shipping production code and contributing to technical discussions, code reviews, and architecture decisions
Understanding of personalization strategies, user segmentation, ML model integration, and data-driven product development
Strong collaboration skills to build alignment between Engineering, Data, and Product teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effectively conveying technical concepts to diverse audiences
Ability to lead teams through ambiguity while maintaining focus on outcomes
Experience defining technical strategy and leading technical execution for personalization platforms
Ability to own the development of self-service tools for product teams
Experience building and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency systems for real-time personalization
Ability to stay updated on personalization and experimentation trends and innovations
Experience in coaching and mentoring engineering team members
Ability to actively recruit, onboard, and train new engineers
Experience creating documentation and training resources for platform utilization
Company
Zapier
Zapier is an IT company that provides integrations for web applications for use in automated workflows.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.36MKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2024-04-01Series Unknown
2021-01-14Secondary Market
2012-10-31Seed· $1.36M
Leadership Team
Wade Foster
Co-founder and CEO
Bryan Helmig
CTO, co-founder
Recent News
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