Senior Backend Software Engineer

Position Overview

Apollo.io is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join a cross-functional team. You will be instrumental in implementing best practices in technology, architecture, and process within a collaborative and growth-oriented environment. This role offers opportunities for hands-on mentorship, career acceleration, and cross-functional collaboration to solve complex problems and make a significant impact. We value quality, automation, performance improvements, and innovative thinking.

Company Information

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally. Founded in 2015, Apollo.io is one of the fastest-growing companies in SaaS, valued at $1.6 billion. The platform provides sales and marketing teams with access to verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts and 35 million companies worldwide, along with tools for engagement and conversion. Apollo.io raised a Series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.

Your Role & Mission

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will:

• Work on a cross-functional team to implement best practices in technology, architecture, and process.
• Engage in an open and collaborative environment with opportunities for learning and teaching.
• Interface with design, front-end, analytics, and other engineering teams.
• Solve hard problems and make an impact through cross-functional collaboration.
• Strive for quality, improve automation, and eliminate bugs.
• Investigate performance improvements and innovative ideas.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Redux, Node.js
• Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform

Daily Adventures & Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly scalable backend endpoints.
• Gather product requirements and write design docs to satisfy product needs.
• Drive the full lifecycle of software development: product requirements, architecture, solution design, development, quality assurance, and maintenance.
• Mentor others on best practices and effectively share knowledge.
• Effectively communicate development progress to the product lead, engineering manager, and other stakeholders.
• Introduce new technologies and 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 and respond to technical and behavioral feedback.

Competencies

• Proactive & Quality-Driven: Identifies areas for improvement and drives best practices for high-quality, performant, and scalable solutions.
• Scalability & Availability: Develops highly available and scalable services with proper monitoring and alerting.
• Team Enablement: Upskills the team by sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Adaptability: Comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• End-to-End Ownership: Takes ownership of projects from start to finish, understanding that completion extends beyond deployment.
• Organization & Planning: Organizes and effectively breaks down large projects into smaller, estimable tasks.
• Collaboration: Listens to and understands others' viewpoints.
• Innovation: Creative and innovative problem solver with experience in agile, startup environments.
• Ownership & Initiative: Confident in owning your role and bringing creative ideas to fruition.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience in backend development.
• At least 1-2 years in senior positions, developing large-scale applications.
• Experience developing distributed systems.

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