Apollo.io is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Apollo.io as a Sr. Backend Software Engineer and be part of our growing company, working on a cross-functional team to implement best practices in technology, architecture, and process.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 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

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly scalable backend endpoints
• Deliver features/systems to customers to improve customer metrics
• Gather product requirements and write eng design docs to satisfy product needs
• Drive/Lead full lifecycle of software development: product requirements, architecture, solution design, development, quality assurance, and maintenance
• Deliver high quality implementations and promote engineering excellence within the team
• 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
• Lead spring planning for your ownership areas and drive execution
• Mentor junior engineers with feedback and technical guidance and respond to technical and behavioral feedback from managers and peers