Sr. Engineering Manager (India Engineering Leader)

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AI at Zapier At Zapier , we build and use automation every day to make work more efficient, creative, and human. So if you're using AI tools while applying here - that's great! We just ask that you use them responsibly and transparently . Check out our guidance on How to Collaborate with AI During Zapier's Hiring Process , including how to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or others during our hiring process - and when not to. Posted: April 24, 2026 Location: India Timezone: Overlap with US East Coast hours required 3-4 days/week during ramp-up Zapier is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Enterprise Integrations organization in India and serve as our India Eng Leader . In this role, you'll manage two engineering teams that build and maintain the most critical integrations in the Zapier product, while also representing and growing Zapier's engineering presence in India. This team's mission includes: Building and maintaining some of the most important integrations in the Zapier product Collaborating with Customer Success, Support, and Sales to understand and invest in the integrations securing our most valuable enterprise deals Ensuring continued customer satisfaction by quickly resolving issues with these integrations Embedding AI into both the product experience and the team's own engineering workflows to dramatically accelerate delivery As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll lead through other leaders and senior ICs - spending the majority of your time on people leadership, cross-team strategy, org health, and site leadership, while remaining technically credible enough to shape architecture, review designs, and jump into the code when the moment calls for it. You'll own the technical strategy that positions Zapier as the most trusted provider of integrations in the market and set the bar for how AI-native engineering looks at Zapier. Our Commitment to Applicants Culture and Values at Zapier Zapier Guide to Remote Work Zapier Code of Conduct Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier About You You are a seasoned engineering leader. You have 7+ years of engineering experience with at least 4+ years managing engineers, and meaningful experience as a manager-of-managers or leading multiple teams simultaneously. You've hired, developed, and retained senior and staff-level engineers, and you know how to scale a team without losing velocity or culture. You're a people leader first. You coach senior engineers on scope, influence, and technical leadership - not just on code. You run a rigorous performance management cycle: clear expectations, honest feedback, career ladders people can actually navigate, and the hard conversations when someone isn't a fit. You've grown ICs into tech leads and ICs into managers. You own team performance end-to-end. You measure what matters - delivery predictability, quality, incident load, customer impact, engineer engagement - and you act on it. You know the difference between a process problem, a people problem, and a strategy problem, and you address each at the right altitude. You're a founding leader. You understand that being the most senior engineering leader on the ground in India means more than managing your own teams. You build culture, represent Zapier in the local market, partner with Recruiting on hiring strategy, ensure new hires ramp well, and act as the connective tissue between India-based engineers and the rest of the globally distributed org. You're an AI-native leader. You actively use AI tools (coding assistants, agents, LLM-powered internal tooling) to improve your own productivity and you push your teams to do the same. You can point to concrete examples where you've used AI to reduce cycle time, automate toil, improve code quality, or accelerate onboarding. You have opinions about where AI genuinely helps engineering teams and where it doesn't, and you evolve those opinions with the evidence. You're a hands-on technical leader. You enjoy spending a portion of your time in the code, in design reviews, and in architectural discussions. You've led project planning and execution, shaped architectural decisions, and shipped products end-to-end. You're comfortable with developer experience design, authentication systems, and distributed systems architecture, and you understand AI/ML systems in production - including shipping products built on LLMs. You're a collaborator and an advocate. You partner closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to align on a shared vision. You actively seek input, integrate feedback, and communicate transparently - building the trust that lets teams navigate change and tough trade-offs. You have deep customer empathy. Zapier's integrations are the heart of the product. You work with your teams to improve the customer experience and participate in programs that sharpen our product offerings. You have excellent communication skills. You balance engineering concerns (technical debt, reliab