Remote Staff Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Apollo.io as a Staff Software Engineer and take the lead on directing and implementing solutions to complex problems. As a key member of the engineering team, you will improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team and consistently support the growth and success of your teammates.

Requirements

• Strong background of working with MongoDB at scale
• Interest in building features with performance, accessibility and scalability in mind
• Strong product sense with the ability to negotiate the right MVP • Ability to write comprehensive, well-structured, highly performant code
• Robust understanding of working on message queues & background jobs
• Monitoring and Metrics gathering (GCP Logs, Prometheus, NewRelic)

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7
• Produce high-quality framework that is thoroughly tested, code reviewed & resilient, and improve upon developer productivity
• Provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional, and cross-team critical projects
• Mentor junior engineers, grow their capabilities to next level and spread your expertise for a stronger engineer team
• Scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying relevant design patterns, write high quality code, and deliver business impact through fast iteration
• Provide objective and helpful quarterly performance feedback for engineers