# Senior Software Engineer

**Company:** [Apollo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/apollo)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $195k – $358k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** React, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GCP
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> Owns the design, delivery, and operation of significant software systems and features at scale. The role requires strong system design, data modeling, reliability, cost-management, and AI-assisted development skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own significant systems and features end-to-end, from design through production and operation.
- Break down hard, ambiguous problems and drive them to shipped outcomes.
- Own the reliability, performance, and cost of responsible systems.
- Partner across product, design, and engineering to solve cross-team problems.
- Raise the quality bar and establish patterns that make the team more effective.
- Use AI-assisted development for design, investigation, and implementation, applying judgment about review and quality.

## Requirements
- Strong track record of owning and shipping systems at scale.
- Command of system design, data modeling, and reliability and cost tradeoffs at scale.
- Ability to lead ambiguous work to a clear outcome.
- Current fluency with AI-assisted development.
- High standards for quality and a strong sense of ownership.

## Technology Stack
- React
- Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Python
- MongoDB
- Elasticsearch
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Google Cloud

## Compensation and Benefits
- Total cash compensation range of **$195,400–$358,300 USD**.
- Additional benefits may include equity, company bonuses, a 401(k) plan, at least 10 paid holidays per year, flexible PTO, parental leave, employee assistance and wellbeing benefits, global travel coverage, life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance, and FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

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