Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Apollo.io, a leading go-to-market solution trusted by millions, as a Backend Software Engineer. You will be a critical part of a growing company, working on a cross-functional team to implement best practices. You will design and implement scalable backend endpoints, gather product requirements, and lead the full software development lifecycle. You'll mentor others, communicate effectively, and introduce new technologies. The role requires strong backend development experience and computer science fundamentals. Apollo offers a great compensation package, a collaborative remote work environment, and opportunities for career development.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience in backend development, at least 1-2 years in senior positions, developing large-scale applications
• Experience developing distributed web applications
• Your code is comprehensible, well-structured, highly performant
• Experience with database modeling (SQL or NoSQL both OK)
• Experience with using and designing RESTful services
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design
• Communication Skills
• Problem Solving
• Proactivity
• Team Player
• Listening Skills
• Creativity and Innovation
• Organization and Planning
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Ownership of projects from start to finish
• Distributed Web Development

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly scalable backend endpoints
• Gather product requirements and write design docs to satisfy product needs
• Drive/Lead full lifecycle of software development: product requirements, architecture, solution design, development, quality assurance, and maintenance
• Mentor others on best practices and effectively share knowledge
• Ability to effectively communicate development progress to the product lead, engineering manager, and other stakeholders
• Be comfortable introducing new technologies and new ideas as required
• Work effectively as part of a large global team
• Attend and engage in scrum ceremony meetings, team parties, and manager 1:1s
• Provide feedback to co-workers in written and verbal form and respond to technical and behavioral feedback from managers and peers

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar
• GCP
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Mongo
• Redis
• Ruby on Rails
• Microservices
• Machine Learning

Benefits

• Great compensation package
• Remote work
• Opportunities for career development