Company profile
Zapier
Zapier connects thousands of apps through no-code automation workflows, with AI features increasingly built into its automation layer. Interviews are remote-first and writing-heavy, with practical focus on integrations, queueing, reliability, product judgement, and async collaboration.
Interview process
Zapier operates in the automation space with a headcount around 800, which usually puts hiring in a middle zone: repeatable enough to have defined stages, small enough that the team you would join runs most of the loop. For backend engineer, database engineer, developer relations engineer candidates that generally means a recruiter conversation, skill rounds led by future teammates, and a closing conversation with a senior leader. The role pages below break down the questions for each function.
Questions and process by role
Zapier hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.
- Backend engineer
Backend engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Database engineer
Database engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Developer relations engineer
Developer relations engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Elixir engineer
Elixir engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Embedded engineer
Embedded engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Engineering manager
Engineering manager interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Forward-deployed engineer
Forward-deployed engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering - Founding engineer
Founding engineer interview questions and process at Zapier.
engineering
Salary signal
Approximate senior median pay for Zapier's core roles, anchored to San Francisco and modeled from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference medians. These are market bands for the role and city, not Zapier offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.
Employee reviews
Zapier holds a 4.2 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.
Glassdoor 4.2