Senior Backend Engineer

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Senior Backend Engineer

SerpApi is the leading solution to integrate search data into web applications. Our API scrapes search engines, solves CAPTCHAs, and keeps up with changing page layouts in one simple GET request. Our customers include Airbnb, Nvidia, Meta, Shopify, GrubHub and more.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, maintain, fix, deploy, and monitor SerpApi APIs, features, and documentation. Our current stack is Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, and JavaScript. We deploy on Linux servers on DigitalOcean.

Responsibilities

  • Develop new APIs and features to incorporate into SerpApi
  • Write clean, efficient code
  • Conduct PR and code reviews
  • Troubleshoot issues reported by customers
  • Prioritize issues and PRs
  • Test solutions and fix any problems encountered before deployment of solutions
  • Write blog posts addressing common issues, and technical solutions to complex problems
  • Experience in Ruby, Javascript, Proxies, CAPTCHA solving, or Browser tech is a plus

Perks

SerpApi has been created by engineers for engineers. High compensation, transparency, remote-first, and a high trust environment are at the core of the company. All of these also make a very neurodivergent-friendly work environment. Several of our team members, including our CEO, are on the spectrum. Having a neurodivergent-friendly company is not an afterthought.

SerpApi perks

High Compensation

We offer high compensation, bonuses, and career opportunities all across the globe.

  • Competitive Worldwide

    We pay around 20% more than local averages for all positions, including in the United States.

  • Profit Shares

    All full-time team members receive profit share bonuses. We believe it's important to achieve alignment as a team.

  • Career Growth

    Internal career paths, training (courses, conferences, books), and toolings (up to 50% reimbursement for software, hardware, subscriptions, and co-working space).

Transparency

A transparent world is a better world. Transparent organizations are more meaningful, connected to reality, and trustworthy.

  • Open Books

    We share our books with all team members. We publish quarterly and annual reports (P&L, expenses).

  • Public Roadmap

    Excluding security and confidential issues, all of our work is fully accessible to the public.

  • Internal Trust

    Internally, we share analytics, customer interactions, hiring processes, strategies, marketing, and all other business-related data.

Remote-First Company

Remote is not a 2nd thought, but is core to SerpApi. All our processes are structured around being remote-first.

  • Even Before COVID

    Remote-first wasn't a reaction to COVID, but was a conscious, long-term, and permanent decision.

  • Async Communications

    All of our important communications are async, written, and online. We avoid unnecessary meetings as much as possible.

  • 100% Online

    We use the best tools for the job: GitHub, Slack, Pop, Zoom, Intercom, Figma, and emails.

High-Trust Environment

We put high-trust in everyone on our team and empower them to do their best work.

  • Flexible Schedule

    Team members can adjust their own schedule, timezone, and unpaid vacation time the way they see fit.

  • Independent Prioritization

    Outside of specifically assigned tasks, you can choose what work you think will produce the most value to SerpApi.

  • Trusted Contributions

    All team members can suggest or directly make changes to anything related or not related to their jobs following their own judgment.