Zapier's AI Orchestration Zone is building the infrastructure to power the next era of automation, specifically focusing on creating AI-powered automation assistants and an open standard for AI agents to reason, act, and orchestrate workflows across Zapier's integrations.
Requirements
- strong backend expertise
- balanced skill set across both frontend and backend
- deeper expertise on the backend
- You’ve developed and maintained production systems end-to-end.
- comfortable writing frontend interfaces (React/Next.js preferred) and backend services (Python or Node.js ideal)
- You understand and leverage AI tooling.
- You’ve worked with or implemented components like model context protocol or agent frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement features that allow third-party AI agents to connect with Zapier’s platform and run activities for end-users across 8,000+ applications.
- Build and maintain tools and SDKs that help third-party developers quickly integrate with Zapier for an intuitive end-user experience.
- Establish and evolve our Model Context Protocol implementation - enabling intelligent, multi-step workflows derived from natural language.
- Collaborate closely with internal AI experts and partner teams to shape our collective future in agent-based automation.
- Own projects end-to-end, from solution design to implementation, testing, and post-launch support.
- Contribute to a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
Other
- You lead with empathy and curiosity.
- You bias toward action
- You demonstrate an ownership mindset.
- You’re a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity.
- Education is not a requirement for our roles