Senior Backend Engineer

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Hiring Remotely in India
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250K-250K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Productivity • Sales • Software • Database
Apollo is the only AI sales tool you need to sell, scale, and succeed.
The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Apollo.io, you'll design scalable backend solutions, mentor team members, and drive software development while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

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
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!

Top Skills

Ansible
Docker
Elasticsearch
Kubernetes
MongoDB
Node.js
Redis
Ruby
Ruby On Rails
Terraform

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The Company
600 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Apollo is a $1.6B AI-powered sales platform that helps revenue teams find and engage leads, automate outreach, manage deals, and enrich data — all in one place. Known for its industry-leading B2B database of more than 210 million contacts and 35 million companies, Apollo’s end-to-end platform helps businesses of all sizes unlock their full market potential with unparalleled precision and ease.

Trusted by 500,000+ companies, including Autodesk, Cyera, and DocuSign, Apollo is building the number one go-to-market platform to make the sales process intelligent, turnkey, and accessible for all. Visit [apollo.io](http://apollo.io/) to learn more.

Why Work With Us

Apollo is building the #1 AI-powered go-to-market platform, trusted by 500,000+ companies. We move fast, invest in our people, and promote from within. You'll work on meaningful problems with a curious, driven team that values ownership, growth, and impact. Join us and help shape the future of sales.

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Employees work remotely.

Apollo.io is remote-first with a hub in Mexico City, enabling global talent and flexibility. We’re also exploring sales hubs in key North American markets like Salt Lake City and Austin to boost regional collaboration and presence.

Typical time on-site: None
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