Apollo.io
Posted 1mo ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Apollo.io
India
RemoteFull Time
Responsibilities
  • designing backend
  • implementing endpoints
  • mentoring others
Requirements
  • 5+ years backend experience
  • Distributed web applications
  • RESTful services
  • Database modeling (SQL/NoSQL)
  • Strong CS fundamentals
  • Communication skills, and experience leveraging AI tools
Technical tools mentioned
ReactReduxNodeJSRubyRuby on RailsMongoDBRedisElasticsearchKubernetesDockerAnsibleTerraformGCP

Job description

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Founded in 2015, the company is one of the fastest growing companies in SaaS, raising approximately $250 million to date and valued at $1.6 billion. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts and 35 million companies worldwide, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers. Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members.

YOUR ROLE & MISSION
 
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be a critical part of our growing company, working on a cross-functional team to implement best practices in technology, architecture, and process. You'll have the chance to work in an open and collaborative environment, receive and give hands-on mentorship and have opportunities to grow and accelerate your career. You love both learning and teaching. In this role, you will be interfacing with design, front-end, analytics, as well as teams outside of Engineering. You enjoy working cross functionally to solve hard problems and make an impact. At Apollo, you strive for quality, and are obsessed with improving quality, automation, and squashing any bugs that sneak through. You have a drive to constantly investigate performance improvements and innovative ideas.
 
Our tech stack is React/Redux/NodeJS on the front end, Ruby/Ruby on Rails/MongoDB/Redis/Elasticsearch on the backend, and Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible/Terraform in infrastructure.
 
 
DAILY ADVENTURES & 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
 
COMPETENCIES
  • Proactively acts without being told what to do. Able to identify areas of improvement and driving best practices to deliver high quality, performant, and scalable solutions.
  • Develops services that are highly available and scalable with proper monitoring and alerting in place.
  • Able to up-level the team by sharing knowledge and best practices with the engineering team.
  • Able to deal with ambiguity
  • Ownership of projects from start to finish. Just because the project has been deployed doesn’t mean it’s done. 
  • Organized and able to effectively plan and breakdown large projects into smaller tasks that are easier to estimate and deliver.
  • Lets others speak and seek to understand their viewpoints.
  • A creative and innovative problem solver & previous experience working in an agile, startup environment.
  • Confident in owning your role, and bringing creative ideas to the hands of our users
  • Proven experience leveraging AI tools to enhance software development processes, including code generation, debugging, and productivity optimization. Candidates should demonstrate fluency in integrating AI-driven solutions into their workflows and a willingness to stay current with emerging AI technologies
 
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Minimum 5+ 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
 
Must have: Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Proactivity, Team Player, Listening Skills, Creativity and Innovation, Organization and Planning, Dealing with Ambiguity, Ownership of projects from start to finish, Distributed Web Development
 
Nice to have: BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Mongo, Redis, Ruby on Rails, Microservices, Machine Learning

Apollo.io Tech Blog : deep dives into engineering, product design, and company-culture stories from the Apollo team, offering behind-the-scenes insight into how Apollo builds and scales its B2B sales platform

We are AI Native

Apollo.io is an AI-native company built on a culture of continuous improvement. We’re on the front lines of driving productivity for our customers—and we expect the same mindset from our team. If you're energized by finding smarter, faster ways to get things done using AI and automation, you'll thrive here.

Why You’ll Love Working at Apollo

At Apollo, we’re driven by a shared mission: to help our customers unlock their full revenue potential. That’s why we take extreme ownership of our work, move with focus and urgency, and learn voraciously to stay ahead.

We invest deeply in your growth, ensuring you have the resources, support, and autonomy to own your role and make a real impact. Collaboration is at our core—we’re all for one, meaning you’ll have a team across departments ready to help you succeed. We encourage bold ideas and courageous action, giving you the freedom to experiment, take smart risks, and drive big wins.

If you’re looking for a place where your work matters, where you can push boundaries, and where your career can thrive—Apollo is the place for you. 

Learn more here!

About Apollo.io

AI-powered platform for B2B sales intelligence and outreach automation.

Year founded
2015
Employees
800
Organization type
Private
Latest investment
Raised $100.00M Series D (2023) — led by Bain Capital Ventures
Headquarters
US

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