Backend Engineer - AppsFlyer

Join the Biz Data & Dev Group!

AppsFlyer is rapidly growing. More customers are using more of our products while generating more data that we process and analyze in order to deliver insights that ensure our customers make the best choices. 

The Biz Data & Dev group is an integral part of the SaaS infrastructure of AppsFlyer, playing a central role in the design and development of core business workflows and critical services that enable and support Appsflyer growth and expansion of its customer base and product offerings.

We are looking for a software engineer to join our core model team!
The role of the core model team, within the Biz Data & Dev group, is to own and maintain the services and business workflows that manage AppsFlyer accounts lifecycle, while ensuring that our customers have a smooth and reliable user experience.

We are looking for an experienced backend engineer with a background in writing resilient and robust production services. You’re familiar with modern microservices architecture, technologies, and best practices. You have a strong problem-solving attitude and a deep sense of accountability, you are a team player, independent, and most importantly -  you’re passionate about what you do and about making things better.

We develop event-driven systems and real-time APIs that are used widely across AppsFlyer and written mostly in Node.js, Go, and Python. Some of the technologies we work with include: Apache Kafka, K8S, managed AWS services (RDS, CloudFront, Athena, ElastiCache, etc), DataDog, and GraphQL.

What you’ll do

• Develop end-to-end services and features, from gathering requirements and research to implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Improve quality and find weaknesses in existing processes and services.
• Participate in brainstorming and early-stage designs.
• Mentor, advise, and work collaboratively within the group, with other development teams, and with all other business teams in the company.
• Continuously learn and follow new technologies both for personal growth and to ensure we are making the most informed technology choices possible.

What you have

• 2-4 years of experience in backend software engineering.
• 2+ years of experience working with Node.js and Apache Kafka.
• Strong server-side skills, and high proficiency in developing services in a large-scale production environment.
• Proficiency with SQL/NoSQL databases and public cloud environments (AWS will be a bonus).
• Good understanding of Linux fundamentals.
• Familiarity with GitLab/GitHub.
• Strong team player mentality with a sense of ownership.
• A mindset of continuous learning and the desire to try new things.
• Ability to see the "big picture" and to understand the business side of things.
• B.Sc. in computer science or equivalent experience.

Bonus points

• Experience in Go.
• Experience in building CI/CD pipelines (GitLab will be an advantage).
• Understanding of Kubernetes.
• Recommended by an AppsFlyer employee

As a global company operating from 25 offices across 19 countries, we reflect the human mosaic of the diverse and multicultural world in which we live. We ensure equal opportunities for all of our employees and promote the recruitment of diverse talents to our global teams without consideration of race, gender, culture, or sexual orientation. We value and encourage curiosity, diversity, and innovation from all our employees, customers, and partners.

“As a Customer Obsessed company, we must first be Employee Obsessed. We need to make sure that we provide the team with the tools and resources they need to go All-In.” Oren Kaniel, CEO

Last updated: 4 hours ago