The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Apollo is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA.

• Role description

  This hybrid Principal Software Engineer position is your opportunity to deploy production code that reaches a massive audience. The deal favors the seasoned — 8 years earns $212,000 - $306,000, a hybrid arrangement, and a technology charter you'll actually own.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
  • Keep Apollo's Docker dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
  • Ship the Process Improvement hardworking rewrite that pays down years of Apollo technical debt
  • Map data flow across Apollo's Microservices services and spot the leaks
  • Break large technology initiatives into Next.js increments Cambridge can actually deliver
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end

  What You'll Bring

  • A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
  • Familiarity with the rhythms of a growth-minded hybrid team
  • Next.js fundamentals plus the Microservices polish clients notice
  • Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
  • Working knowledge of Decision Making alongside transferable Next.js chops
  • Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a hybrid project
  • Proven aptitude for Microservices, ideally near Cambridge, MA

  Our relentlessly curious approach to technology has made Apollo a go-to choice for companies throughout MA. We build psychological safety the boring way: by actually following through on what we say.

  At Apollo, $212,000 - $306,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and Cambridge, MA flexibility are where the offer gets good.

  Newly timestamped, Apollo keeps this principal opening on the active board.

  Trade the maybe-someday for a definitely-now and apply to Apollo this afternoon.

• Required skills

  • Vue.js
  • Express.js
  • Docker
  • Microservices
  • Next.js
  • Decision Making
  • Process Improvement

• Benefits & perks

  • Career transition support
  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Outplacement services
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Pool Table
  • Mental health days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Surrogacy assistance
  • Community Service
  • Kitchen Facilities
  • Bring Your Dog to Work
  • Vacation Days
  • 529 college savings plan

• Apply before 2026-08-04

  Submit your application for this Hybrid technology position.