Staff Backend Engineer

Job Description

Apollo.io is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to take the lead on directing and implementing solutions to significantly complex problems. The engineer will work on a team that aligns engineering priorities to Apollo's business and engineering priorities. The ideal candidate will improve the overall quality of engineering and support the growth and success of teammates.Responsibilities:

• Develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications.
• Produce high-quality framework that is thoroughly tested, code reviewed & resilient.
• Provide technical leadership and drive best engineering practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and spread expertise.
• Scale distributed applications and apply relevant design patterns.
• Provide quarterly performance feedback for engineers.

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).

Apollo.io offers:

• A collaborative environment.
• Opportunities for growth and development.
• The chance to work on impactful projects.