Senior AI-Native Backend Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo.io is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in the United States to build scalable, AI-native backend services in a fast-growing SaaS environment. You will join a cross-functional team to design, implement, and maintain robust systems with strong observability and performance focus.

You will collaborate daily with design, frontend, analytics, product, and other engineering teams. The role emphasizes mentoring, introducing new technologies, and applying AI thoughtfully to improve product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in building large-scale applications with strong observability.
• Fluent in AI tools in real development work and able to verify AI outputs.
• Experience developing distributed web applications and RESTful services.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, highly available backend services with monitoring and alerts.
• Ramp quickly into large codebases and ship with confidence.
• Use AI as a core part of the workflow: generate, pressure-test, verify AI outputs.

Skills

AI-native

Backend development

Distributed web apps

RESTful services

Code quality

Communication

Education

BS or MS in CS/CE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Redis

Ruby on Rails

GCP

Job description

Apollo.io is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in the United States to build scalable, AI-native backend services in a fast-growing SaaS environment. You will join a cross-functional team to design, implement, and maintain robust systems with strong observability and performance focus.

You will collaborate daily with design, frontend, analytics, product, and other engineering teams. The role emphasizes mentoring, introducing new technologies, and applying AI thoughtfully to improve product