Senior Software Engineer, Apollo

Growth

$144.5-182.8k

+ Equity

React
TypeScript
GraphQL
Java
Postgres
Kotlin
Rust
Apollo
Senior level
Remote in Canada, US
Apollo

GraphQL developer platform

Open for applications

Apollo

GraphQL developer platform

201-500 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSAPIData IntegrationDevOps

Open for applications

$144.5-182.8k

+ Equity

React
TypeScript
GraphQL
Java
Postgres
Kotlin
Rust
Apollo
Senior level
Remote in Canada, US

201-500 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSAPIData IntegrationDevOps

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.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

126% employee growth in 12 months

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

Leadership

Co-founder & CEO of Meteor Development group and former software engineer at Asana.

Founder of ActBlue and Meteor Development group. Former Engineer at NetApp. MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.

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