Senior Backend Engineer, Core Services

Apify is a marketplace of ready-to-run tools for AI that automate work on the web. Thousands of Actors get web data, generate leads, monitor social media, track competitors, and integrate with existing apps and agents. Actors are created by a global community of builders who earn from them, while Apify manages infrastructure, billing, and distribution. Learn more at apify.com http://apify.com.

Join us to help people put the web to work. Apify can find missing children https://blog.apify.com/fighting-child-traffickers-with-technology/, protect consumers from fake discounts across the EU https://blog.apify.com/how-web-scraping-ai-and-the-eu-have-come-together-to-sweep-away-fake-discounts-in-europe/, and feed data to AI chatbots https://blog.apify.com/intercom-customer-support-ai-chatbot-web-scraping/.

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 https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/programming-interface/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

Frontend

React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Chromatic, Cypress, Playwright

Backend

TypeScript/Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, Docusaurus, Vitest

Infra

AWS Compute (Kubernetes (EKS), EC2, Lambda), Helm, Terraform, CloudFormation, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, GitHub Actions

Monitoring

Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Mezmo, Sentry, PagerDuty

Tools

GitHub, Notion, Google Workspace, Slack

• OS, code editor, and AI assistant of your choice (Claude premium with unlimited tokens, GH Copilot, Cursor, Gemini, or JetBrains AI)

Process

two-week sprints, code reviews, tests, automating whatever we can, and deploying multiple times per day.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK AT APIFY?

• Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on Apify's success
• Full-time position in our amazing offices in Prague (100Yards) or Brno (Titanium) 🏰
• Flexible working hours (perfect for both night owls 🦉 and early birds 🐥)
• Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done 💪
• Unlimited Claude for every Apifier. We don't count tokens. Just use them well 🤖
• Stock options and profit sharing 💰
• Free Apify credits for your friends and family to try the platform 🎁
• 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 when you're in the office 🌮🍱🍜🍕🥡
• Unlimited supply of ☕ & 🍺 and snacks
• Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo 🐘
• Free Multisport card 🏋
• Regular massages in the Prague office, mostly covered by Apify 💆
• Ping-pong, chess, PS5, foosball league after lunch.

For more details about Apify and what it's like to work with us, see our Careers page https://apify.com/jobs.