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Apollo.io

Location:
India

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Apollo, you’ll be responsible for leading the technical direction and execution of complex, high-impact initiatives that span teams and systems. Your influence will extend beyond your immediate team—shaping architectural decisions, elevating engineering practices, and mentoring future leaders.

Job Responsibility:

Architect and build scalable, high-availability systems that run 24/7 and support mission-critical workflows
Own and deliver multi-tier, high-volume applications with performance, accessibility, and resilience in mind
Write high-quality, maintainable code with a strong focus on developer experience and system performance
Drive and uphold engineering best practices, including code reviews, test coverage, monitoring, and observability
Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams, guiding architecture, trade-offs, and execution
Mentor and sponsor engineers to grow their impact and deepen engineering culture
Lead large-scale, cross-team projects from concept to production
Deliver clear, objective feedback to peers and junior engineers through structured reviews and 1:1s

Requirements:

10+ years of deep experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments
Proven ability to develop features with performance, reliability, and scalability in mind
Strong product intuition—balancing technical scope with MVP delivery
Expertise with message queues, background jobs, and distributed system patterns
Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., GCP Logging, Prometheus, NewRelic)
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., code generation, debugging, automation) and stay current with emerging AI trends
Experience with LLM architecture, pipelines, or applied AI tooling is a strong bonus

Nice to have:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go)
Experience integrating with third-party APIs, including handling rate limits, failure cases, and retries gracefully

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Job Posted:
December 06, 2025

Work Type:

Remote work

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