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Backend Engineer for Developer Platform (Node.js/TypeScript)

Apify

Join Apify as a Backend Engineer

Join us on our journey of building a web scraping and browser automation platform to help the world’s biggest companies and upcoming startups leverage the web's full potential. Each month, we save people tons of hours of manual work by turning more than a billion web pages into data and automating over 15 million tasks on the web.

About the Role

As a Backend Engineer, you will be part of a small cross-functional team working on our core web scraping and automation infrastructure built on AWS. You will be responsible for creating new features and solving complex scalability challenges. Apify is built for developers by developers, and we use our platform every day, striving to make it better for ourselves and our users.

Our Tech Stack

  • Frontend: React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Cypress
  • Backend: TypeScript/Node.js, Next.js, Express.js, Docusaurus, Meteor.js, Jest
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, GitHub Actions
  • Monitoring: New Relic, LogDNA, Sentry, PagerDuty
  • Tools: GitHub, ZenHub, Notion, GSuite

What We Are Looking For

  • Strong technical background or a great professional track record
  • 2+ years of industry experience building backend systems and APIs
  • Proficiency in developing and debugging in TypeScript/Node.js, or similar programming languages
  • Familiarity with Linux
  • Experience with AWS and other public clouds is a plus
  • Experiment-driven and collaborative mindset
  • Good communication skills in English

Why Work at Apify?

  • Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success
  • Full-time position in Prague at our office located in Lucerna Palace, Prague, or Impact Hub Brno
  • Option to work remotely
  • Flexible working hours
  • Zero bullshit policy – No Jira, no Okta, no Confluence, no Certified™ScrumMasters®, no quarterly estimates. Just GitHub, GSuite, Notion, Slack, and shipping stuff to production
  • Stock options and profit sharing
  • We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office
  • Epic team buildings and offsites with biking, canoeing, and other adventures
  • Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal “Eat & Learn” sessions, and the possibility to work across teams
  • Generous hardware budget
  • Free lunches every day
  • Unlimited supply of coffee and snacks
  • Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo
  • Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch, free Multisport card

Hiring Process

  1. Intro call
  2. Home assignment
  3. Interview
  4. Meeting with the team
  5. Offer

For more details about Apify and what it is like to work with us, see our Careers page.

Benefits
Extracted with AI

  • Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth
  • Full-time position in Prague or remote
  • Flexible working hours
  • Zero bullshit policy
  • Stock options and profit sharing
  • Pet, kid, and bike-friendly office
  • Epic team buildings and offsites
  • Education and training budget
  • Free lunches
  • Unlimited supply of coffee and snacks
  • Free entry to Prague Zoo
  • Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league
  • Free Multisport card

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