Apify
Senior Backend Engineer for Foundation group
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · Prague
Employer listed it 5 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 5 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Hybrid · Prague
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $175k–$230k a year, a typical range taken from 595 senior-level software roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About the role
Apify is the largest marketplace of tools for AI. On Apify Store , tens of thousands of Actors , purpose-built tools for the web, help people and AI agents get real-time data, track competitors, generate leads, and connect apps. Anyone can build one and earn from it.
Apify is looking for a Backend Engineer for the Foundation group . The Foundation group takes care of the core of the Apify platform, both for product and tech.
What the group is responsible for:
Running Actors end-to-end, from the Start button in the Console to the container or microVM running on our servers.
Storages where the Actors save their progress or output, from the underlying databases to the frontend, rendering the storage contents.
Actor Standby , our way of deploying Actors as real-time, synchronous services.
Apify Proxy and Unblocker, our services to avoid being blocked while accessing the internet
Our public API (the framework, not each individual endpoint).
Our Console (the framework, not every feature in it).
The AWS infrastructure on which all the Apify platform apps are deployed.
The deployment process of those apps.
You’d be joining a small cross-functional team with other experienced hackers focused on backend services in this department.
Who we're looking for:
A strong technical background or a great professional track record. We are looking for exceptional candidates, no matter the seniority.
3+ years of industry experience building backend systems and APIs.
Great skills at developing and debugging in TypeScript/Node.js, or having this skill in some other programming language, and are able to learn anything quickly.
Familiarity with Linux.
Experience with AWS, other public clouds, and any technology mentioned above is a plus.
Experiment-driven and collaborative mindset.
Good communication skills in English.
Our tech stack:
Infra: AWS Compute (Kubernetes (EKS), EC2, Lambda), Helm, Terraform, CloudFormation, ArgoCD, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, GitHub Actions
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Mezmo, Sentry, PagerDuty
Frontend: React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Chromatic, Cypress, Playwright
Requirements
- ·Infra: AWS Compute (Kubernetes (EKS), EC2, Lambda), Helm, Terraform, CloudFormation, ArgoCD, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, GitHub Actions
- ·Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Mezmo, Sentry, PagerDuty
- ·Frontend: React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Chromatic, Cypress, Playwright
- ·Backend: TypeScript/Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, Docusaurus, Vitest
- ·Tools: GitHub, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Apify, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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