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Apollo.io

Principal Software Engineer (Hybrid, San Francisco)

Apollo.io · Hybrid, San Francisco

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
77 days
Apollo.io's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Apollo.io's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Apollo.io
high
38 stale, 0 reposted of 40 open
Hiring momentum
61 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Apollo.io's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Apollo.io.

About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer at Apollo.io, you will set the technical direction for the engineering organization, tackling the most challenging and ambiguous problems that impact the product long-term. Your role involves making architectural decisions, mentoring senior engineers, and collaborating with leadership to shape the company's technology strategy, particularly around AI and automation.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Apollo.io as an employer.

What you need

  • A track record of setting technical direction that shaped a product or platform across an entire engineering organization
  • Depth across distributed systems and architecture, and command of the reliability, scale, and cost tradeoffs behind company-defining decisions
  • The judgment to make the hardest calls under ambiguity, and the influence to align many teams behind them
  • A record of multiplying the most senior engineers around you
  • Genuine, current fluency with AI-assisted development, and a clear point of view on where AI takes engineering next

What you get

  • equity
  • company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
  • 401(k) plan
  • at least 10 paid holidays per year
  • flex PTO
  • parental leave

Worth weighing

  • no salary listed for non-US applicants
  • stack includes legacy technologies like Ruby on Rails
  • role involves high ambiguity and significant responsibility

Summarised from Apollo.io's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Apollo.io on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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