Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Apollo.io as a Backend Software Engineer and become a critical part of a growing company. Work on a cross-functional team implementing best practices in technology and architecture. Collaborate with design, front-end, and analytics teams to solve challenging problems. Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to maintenance. Embrace a culture of continuous improvement, quality, and innovation. This is a permanent, remote role offering opportunities for career growth and development within a supportive and collaborative team.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience in backend development (ideally developing large-scale applications)
• Experience developing distributed web applications
• Your code is comprehensible, well-structured, highly performant
• Experience with database modeling (SQL or NoSQL)
• Experience with using and designing RESTful services
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design
• Proven experience leveraging AI tools to enhance software development processes, including code generation, debugging, and productivity optimization. Candidates should demonstrate fluency in integrating AI-driven solutions into their workflows and a willingness to stay current with emerging AI technologies
• 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
• Learn from 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
• Work in a remote multi-timezone work culture

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
• Career development opportunities