[Remote] Senior Backend Engineer, Monetization at Apollo.io

Canada, Kentucky, United States

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Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of industry experience in backend development, at least 1-2 years in senior positions
  • Experience developing distributed web applications
  • Experience with React.js/Redux/Node.js on the front end, Ruby/Ruby on Rails/MongoDB/Redis/Elasticsearch on the backend, and Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible/Terraform in infrastructure
  • Comprehensible, well-structured, and highly performant code

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement highly scalable backend API endpoints for billing systems
  • API design for billing systems
  • Data modeling for billing entities (plans, invoices, payments)
  • Gather product requirements and write design docs and data models for billing entities
  • Lead full lifecycle of software development: product requirements, architecture, solution design, development, quality assurance, and maintenance
  • Debug complex technical issues involving Stripe APIs, billing/credit flows and webhooks
  • 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
  • Proactively identify areas of improvement and drive best practices
  • Develop services that are highly available and scalable with proper monitoring and alerting
  • Up-level the team by sharing knowledge and best practices
  • Deal with ambiguity
  • Ownership of projects from start to finish
  • Organize and break down large projects into smaller tasks
  • Seek to understand viewpoints
  • Be a creative and innovative problem solver
  • Bring creative ideas to the hands of users

Skills

Apollo.io

Sales intelligence and engagement platform

About Apollo.io

Apollo.io provides a platform designed to enhance sales processes and improve outreach for businesses. Its main features include prospecting intelligence, which helps users identify and research potential leads, and enrichment job change alerts that keep databases accurate with extensive data points. The platform also offers sales engagement analytics, allowing users to create multi-channel outreach sequences. Additionally, Apollo.io supports API integrations for data enrichment and custom workflows. Unlike many competitors, Apollo.io focuses on a subscription-based model that offers various pricing tiers, catering to both small businesses and large enterprises. The company's goal is to optimize sales strategies and increase revenue for its clients while ensuring data privacy and security through compliance with industry standards.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$244.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Financial Planning

Risks

Rapid growth may strain Apollo.io's operational capabilities and customer service.
New executive hires could lead to strategic shifts misaligned with customer expectations.
Emerging competitors like Zitadel may challenge Apollo.io's market position.

Differentiation

Apollo.io offers verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts.
The platform integrates sales intelligence with engagement tools in one unified solution.
Apollo.io's compliance with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR ensures high data security standards.

Upsides

Apollo.io ranked 125 on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 with 954% growth.
The company raised $250 million, reaching a valuation of $1.6 billion.
Apollo.io's multi-channel outreach aligns with rising sales engagement trends.

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