Apify is the largest marketplace of tools for AI. On Apify Store https://apify.com/store, tens of thousands of Actors https://apify.com/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!). Responsibilities 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 https://github.com/apify (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 Requirements 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. Comfortable picking up React when a feature needs it. The role is mostly backend, but you'll ship end-to-end, UI included. A strong technical background or a great professional track record. Good communication skills in English. Our Tech Stack Backend: TypeScript/Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, Docusaurus, Vitest Frontend: React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Chromatic, Playwright Infra: AWS Compute (Kubernetes (EKS), EC2, Lambda), Helm, Terraform, CloudFormation, ArgoCD, 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 Prague (Lucerna Palace) 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 https://apify.com/jobs.
