Senior Backend Engineer, Store
TLDR
Own Actor monetization, analytics, review, and quality systems while shipping creator tools in daily deployments.
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 Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js/TypeScript). As a member of the Creators group, you'll be building a world-class ecosystem for community developers and builders to create, publish, and monetize their ideas as Actors on Apify. You will build tools and features that help them succeed in the ongoing AI revolution, utilize agentic coding and other agentic flows in their daily operations, and earn monthly payouts to support their living (collectively earning >$1.2M/month from usage of their Actors!).
What you'll be working on:
Own features and projects end-to-end, from the discovery phase through to production, and see them have a real impact on creators.
Build the tools and features creators rely on to publish, monetize, and grow their Actors.
Work in a small, cross-functional team, shipping in two-week sprints and deploying daily.
Use the Apify platform yourself every day - we build for builders by builders - and take pride in making it better.
Contribute to open source; we publish everything we can on GitHub (PRs are welcome 😉).
Publishers team
The Publishers team builds everything a creator needs once they publish their Actor on Apify and make it available in Apify Store. They own our Actor monetization logic, analytics, review system, systems for maintaining Actor quality, and much more. By joining the Publishers team, you'll work on the next generation of tools and features that help creators around the world use AI to run a business and earn a living on Apify.
📍 Location: flexible, onsite in Prague for ~2 days/week at minimum
Who we're looking for:
3+ years of industry experience building backend systems and APIs.
Strong development and debugging skills in TypeScript/Node.js, or proficiency in another language, and the drive to learn TypeScript quickly.
Hands-on experience with AI tools in your day-to-day work, and the drive to stay up to date with the latest trends.
An experiment-driven, collaborative mindset.
A strong technical background or a great professional track record.
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
Backend: TypeScript/Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, Docusaurus, Vitest
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 💰
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 🏋
Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch.
For more details about Apify and what it's like to work with us, see our Careers page.
Benefits
Flexible Work Hours
Flexible working hours (perfect for both night owls 🦉 and early birds 🐥)
AI tool access
Unlimited Claude for every Apifier. We don't count tokens. We just use them well 🤖
Home Office Stipend
Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal "Eat & Learn" sessions, and the possibility to work across teams
Learning Budget
Generous hardware budget 💻
Team building activities
Epic team buildings and offsites 🚢 with biking, canoeing, and other adventures 🪂
Remote-Friendly
flexible, onsite in Prague for ~2 days/week at minimum
Stock Options
Stock options and profit sharing 💰
Wellness Stipend
Unlimited supply of ☕ & 🍺 and snacks
Apify is the largest marketplace for AI tools, offering a robust selection of Actors that enable users to access real-time web data, track competitors, and automate app integrations. With a thriving global community of creators, Apify not only empowers individuals and businesses but also facilitates significant monetization opportunities within the automation ecosystem.