Staff Backend Engineer, Commerce

Zapier is hiring a remote Staff Backend Engineer to lead the architecture for its commerce systems, including billing, subscriptions, payments, pricing, entitlements, and checkout. The role focuses on setting the technical direction for the platform, creating reusable building blocks for product teams, and supporting faster pricing and packaging changes while keeping financial records accurate. It involves working with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Sales on complex, high-stakes infrastructure where reliability and correctness matter. This position would suit an experienced backend engineer who can handle ambiguity, define system boundaries, and shape long-term platform design across multiple regions.