Staff Backend Engineer

Remote Optional, US Only

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Locations

Remote in USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Docker

Elasticsearch

Google Cloud Platform

Java

MongoDB

React.js

Redux

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

Ansible

Requirements

Delivery
Problem solving
Leadership
Communication
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of relevant work experience in software development
Experience in software development using a general-purpose programming language (e.g., Java, Python etc)
Experience architecting and developing distributed systems design
React/Redux/NodeJS on the front-end
Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Python/MongoDB/Elasticsearch on the backend
Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible/Terraform for infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our cloud provider

Responsibilities

Participation in key technical decision-making discussions such as sprint planning, software design, and code reviews
Help build and scale a world-class engineering team by interviewing and referral
Hold systematic weekly 1:1 touchpoints with engineers to deliver and receive quality feedback
Setting technical direction and overseeing engineering projects working along with CTO on deciding the technology roadmap
Mentorship and sponsorship - best way to grow those around you is by creating an active practice of mentorship and sponsorship. Maintaining relationships and developing a positive team culture
Provide objective and helpful quarterly performance feedback for engineers

About Apollo

Apollo.io combines a buyer database of over 250M contacts and powerful sales engagement and automation tools in one, easy to use platform. Trusted by over 160,000 companies including Autodesk, Rippling, Deel, Jasper.ai, Divvy, and Heap, Apollo has more than one million users globally. By helping sales professionals find their ideal buyers and intelligently automate outreach, Apollo helps go-to-market teams sell anything.

In the last year, we’ve grown ARR 3x, quadrupled our active users, and closed a $110M Series C led by Sequoia Capital in March of 2022. This year, we continue to grow faster each month with record months of sales and added ARR. We hope you apply.

Working at Apollo

We are a remote-first inclusive organization focused on operational excellence. Our way of working ensures clear expectations and an environment to do your best work with ample reward.

Your Role:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Apollo, you will take the lead on directing and implementing solutions to significantly complex, unscoped problems. Your work will extend to many parts of a domain and may begin to influence your entire department or domain. Your team’s work will align engineering priorities to Apollo’s business and engineering priorities to realize the meaningful impact. You’ll improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team and consistently take steps to support the growth and the success of your teammates.

Responsibilities:

Participation in key technical decision-making discussions such as sprint planning, software design, and code reviews
Help build and scale a world-class engineering team by interviewing and referral.
Hold systematic weekly 1:1 touchpoints with engineers to deliver and receive quality feedback
Setting technical direction and overseeing engineering projects working along with CTO on deciding the technology roadmap.
Mentorship and sponsorship - best way to grow those around you is by creating an active practice of mentorship and sponsorship. Maintaining relationships and developing a positive team culture
Provide objective and helpful quarterly performance feedback for engineers

Competencies:

Delivery
Problem solving
Leadership
Communication

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
Experience in software development using a general-purpose programming language (e.g., Java, Python etc).
Experience architecting and developing distributed systems design.

Great to have skills:

Familiarity with Big Data Technologies, Ruby on Rails, React, MongoDB, and ElasticSearch, DevOps; Experience with Web scraping.

Apollo tech stack:

React/Redux/NodeJS on the front-end
Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Python/MongoDB/Elasticsearch on the backend
Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible/Terraform for infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our cloud provider

What You’ll Love About Apollo

Besides the great compensation package and culture that thrives in openness and excellence, we invest tremendous effort into developing our remote employees’ careers. The team embraces that we have a sole purpose: to help customers maximize their full revenue potential on the Apollo platform. This mindset opens us up to a lot of creative approaches to making customers successful at scale. You’ll be a significant part of a lean, remote team, empowered to really own your role as a proactive educator. We’re very collaborative at Apollo, so you’ll be able to lean on your teammates, even in adjacent departments, to help you achieve lofty goals. You’ll be supported and encouraged to experiment and take educated risks that lead to big wins. And, you’ll have a whole team remotely by your side to help you do it!

51-200 employees

Website

End-to-end sales strategy foundation

Company Overview

Apollo strives to be the leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Financial Planning

Company Core Values

Safety - Ensuring the safety of our employees, our plant, and product use
Care - Caring for the welfare of each other, our customers, and all that we do
Trust - in the ability, integrity, and motivation of each other and our customers