Software Engineer — Release Engineering

About the Role: Zapier makes work more efficient, creative, and human through automation. As a Software Engineer in Release Engineering (L3/L4), you will sit at the intersection of software engineering and platform engineering. You will own the systems that move code from merge to production — CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, release orchestration, and the golden paths every engineer at Zapier relies on.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and operate the CI/CD systems, release orchestration, and testing infrastructure.
• Build internal tooling and APIs that make Zapier engineers more effective and reduce time from merge to production.
• Debug complex production issues across pipelines and release systems, and drive systemic improvements.
• Define and evolve the golden paths for how code gets built, tested, and shipped at Zapier.
• Partner with the cloud/infra SRE team on the boundary between platform foundation and the delivery layer.

What You Bring

• Real depth in CI/CD systems, testing strategy, and release orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with platform tools such as GitLab CI, Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, or Terraform.
• Strong backend or full-stack engineering fundamentals (TypeScript, Node.js, Python, or equivalent).
• Systems thinking approach with a focus on downstream users and long-term maintainability.
• Ability to take loosely defined problems and drive them to production without being told to.

Benefits

• Base Salary Range: IC3 ₹52,97,600 – ₹79,46,400 INR | IC4 ₹64,10,100 – ₹96,15,100 INR.
• Competitive total rewards package including equity and bonuses.
• Opportunity to use AI tools actively in your engineering workflow to make significant impact.
• Fully remote work flexibility within India.