Senior Software Engineer, Apollo
Growth
$144.5-182.8k
+ Equity
GraphQL developer platform
Open for applications
GraphQL developer platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$144.5-182.8k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make application development easier, better, and accessible to more people by building open source tools and commercial services.
Role
Who you are
- You have experience working as a full-stack engineer with a focus on backend systems & infrastructure
- You have worked on engineering teams that focus on driving growth, user engagement, or product innovation
- You don’t shy away from ambiguity, and you enjoy identifying opportunities to drive business impact through technical solutions
- You’re comfortable working with various programming languages and technologies, including one or more of the following: Kotlin, Rust, or Java
- You have a strong sense of ownership and are excited about contributing to key business goals through the work you do
- You’re highly collaborative and enjoy working closely with cross-functional teams to bring new features to life
- Bonus points if you’ve worked with any part of Apollo in production, other developer-facing tools, or have experience building SaaS products
What the job involves
- The Growth Team plays a key role in making sure customers experience a smooth onboarding process, easily subscribe to paid plans, and fully leverage Apollo’s product suite, including Apollo Router, Rover CLI, and various API strategies
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Growth team, you will play a key role in developing and delivering features that unlock new opportunities for user engagement and long-term value
- You’ll be involved in the entire product development lifecycle, with plenty of room to influence technical decisions, product direction, and the experience of developers across the globe
- From conceptualizing new features to implementing them across the stack, you’ll have a hand in shaping the future of our GraphOS platform
- Design and implement technical solutions that drive key business outcomes, focusing on improving user engagement, activation, and retention
- Work across Apollo’s entire product portfolio, suggesting and building new features and technical improvements that enhance user satisfaction and deliver long-term value
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to execute high-impact projects that align with the company's broader growth objectives
- Participate in a fast-paced, iterative environment where the ability to adapt and experiment is key to success
- Help cultivate a culture of experimentation, working on projects that support expansion into new markets and improve outcomes for existing customers
- Drive end-to-end development of new features, from ideation to production, leveraging our tech stack including Kotlin, Rust, React, TypeScript, GraphQL and Postgres
Our take
Apollo provides technology to help startups and enterprises build apps using GraphQL. It provides the data graph layer connecting modern apps to the cloud, and is the industry standard implementation for GraphQL.
Apollo claims that GraphQL wins out over competing REST APIs by offering a slicker, more bug-resistant service that does not require complex data fetching code. Certainly, the benefits of GraphQL become apparent with more complex web services or mobile applications, and this is the direction in which companies are increasingly headed as business shifts online. As such, it is unsurprising that Apollo count PayPal, New York Times, and Walmart among a roster of high-profile clients.
In recent years, Apollo has shifted online and its products are in high demand. Due to this, the company has both the resources and the strong industry reputation to continue offering it at the highest grade. Its 2022 launch of "Supergraph", a software layer designed to unify disparate data feeds and create one source for front-end developers, is a good demonstration of the company's continued dedication to innovating.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2021
$130m
SERIES D
Jun 2019
$22m
SERIES C
Total funding: $183.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Generous time off
- Parental leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Work from home opportunities
- Virtual “coffee chats” and team lunches, and an AV setup specifically tailored for remote experience
- Everyone-in-town weeks, where we fly all of our Apollo employees to San Francisco for an action packed week of work and play
Company values
- We strive for excellence through candid and constructive feedback.
- We are constantly teaching and learning from each other, allowing us to grow both professionally and personally.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Geoff Schmidt
(CEO)Co-founder & CEO of Meteor Development group and former software engineer at Asana.
Matt DeBergalis
(CTO)Founder of ActBlue and Meteor Development group. Former Engineer at NetApp. MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
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