Apollo.io is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our growing company as a Senior Backend Engineer and be a critical part of implementing best practices in technology, architecture, and process. You'll work on a cross-functional team, interface with design, front-end, analytics, and teams outside of Engineering. Enjoy working cross-functionally to solve hard problems and make an impact.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of industry experience in backend development, at least 3-4 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
• 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

Benefits

• Great compensation package
• Culture that thrives in openness and excellence