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:
As a Staff Software Engineer at Apollo, you will take the lead on directing and implementing solutions to significantly complex, unscoped problems. Your work will extend to many parts of a domain and may begin to influence your entire department or domain. Your team's work will align engineering priorities to Apollo's business and engineering priorities to realize meaningful impact. You'll improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team and consistently take steps to support the growth and the success of your teammates.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in key technical decision-making discussions such as sprint planning, software design, and code reviews
- Help build and scale a world-class engineering team by interviewing and referral.
- Hold systematic weekly 1:1 touch points with engineers to deliver and receive quality feedback
- Set technical direction and overseeing engineering projects working alongside the CTO on deciding the technology roadmap.
- Mentor and sponsorship - the best way to grow those around you is by creating an active practice of mentorship and sponsorship. Maintaining relationships and developing a positive team culture
- Provide objective and helpful quarterly performance feedback for engineers
Competencies:
- Delivery
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Communication
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
- Experience in software development using a general-purpose programming language (e.g., Java, Python etc).
- Experience architecting and developing distributed systems design.
Great to have skills:
- Familiarity with Big Data Technologies, Ruby on Rails, React, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, DevOps
Apollo tech stack:
- React/Redux/NodeJS on the front-end
- Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Python/MongoDB/Elasticsearch on the backend
- Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible/Terraform for infrastructure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as our cloud provider
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.
As a remote-first company, 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.
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What We Do
Founded in 2015, Apollo is a leading data intelligence and sales engagement platform trusted by 10,000 paying customers, from rapidly growing startups to some of the largest global enterprises. Its community-based approach to crowdsourcing data gives users maximum coverage while ensuring data accuracy.
Today, Apollo’s advanced algorithms and unique data acquisition methods help 1 million sales professionals enrich and analyze prospects’ data to increase quality conversations and opportunities.
Why Work With Us
Apollo is a product-led growth company focused as much on our customers as we are on our employees. Our culture is centered around two things: our values (ownership, integrity, curiosity, excellence, teamwork and fun), and our goal of helping customers maximize their full revenue potential on the Apollo platform.
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