Apify is hiring a
Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Backend Engineer to work on a web scraping and automation platform using TypeScript/Node.js, AWS, and other technologies. The role involves creating new features, solving complex scalability challenges, and working in a small cross-functional team. Apify offers flexible hours, remote work, stock options, and various benefits such as free lunches, hardware budget, and team buildings.

Requirements

• Strong technical background or professional track record
• 2+ years of industry experience building backend systems and APIs
• Great skills at developing and debugging in TypeScript/Node.js, or have this skill in some other programming language and are able to learn anything quickly
• Familiarity with Linux

Responsibilities

• Create new features for the web scraping and automation platform
• Solve complex scalability challenges

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AWS, other public clouds, and any technology mentioned above is a plus

Benefits

• Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success
• Full-time position in Prague or Impact Hub Brno
• Option to work remotely
• Flexible working hours (perfect for both night owls and early birds)
• Zero bullshit policy – No Jira, no Okta, no Confluence, no Certified™ScrumMasters®, no quarterly estimates. Just GitHub, GSuite, Notion, Slack, and shipping stuff to production
• Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done
• Stock options and profit sharing
• We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office
• Epic team buildings and offsites with biking, canoeing, and other adventures
• Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal ‘Eat & Learn’ sessions, and the possibility to work across teams
• Generous hardware budget
• Free lunches every day
• Unlimited supply of ☕ & 🍺 and snacks
• Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo
• Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch, free Multisport card, and so on