Principal Software Engineer

Position:
Principal Software Engineer

Company:
Apollo.io

Compensation:
$315,300 - $472,900 USD

Location:
United States, San Francisco

Employment type:
Not specified

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

Short Summary:
Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies globally. The company is AI-powered and focuses on helping revenue teams find, engage, and convert their best customers.

Responsibilities:
- Own the technical direction of Apollo's most critical and ambiguous problems.
- Make architectural bets that shape the product and platform over multiple years.
- Set the technical strategy for the rebuild around AI and agents.
- Raise the engineering bar across the organization through standards and decisions.
- Multiply the output of engineers through design, review, and mentorship.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership on technology direction.

Requirement:
- A track record of setting technical direction that shaped a product or platform.
- Depth in distributed systems and architecture, with command of reliability, scale, and cost tradeoffs.
- The judgment to make difficult calls under ambiguity and influence alignment across teams.
- Experience in multiplying the effectiveness of senior engineers.
- Genuine fluency with AI-assisted development and a clear vision for the future of engineering with AI.

Benefits:
- Equity and company bonus or sales commissions.
- 401(k) plan, at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave.
- Employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits.
- Global travel coverage and various insurance benefits.