About Ancestry:

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving, and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

Ancestry is seeking a passionate and highly skilled Node.js and GraphQL Engineer to join our Chinchilla team, which powers the backend services behind Ancestry’s flagship mobile applications. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with product, backend, mobile, web, and quality engineering teams to design, develop, and maintain scalable GraphQL schemas and RESTful APIs that deliver seamless, high performance experiences to millions of users around the world.

As a key contributor, you’ll be involved in the entire product lifecycle from concept and technical design through implementation, testing, and deployment, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across our distributed systems. This role offers the opportunity to work with modern Node.js and GraphQL architectures, integrate innovative technologies, and help shape the future of Ancestry’s mobile and web platforms.

What you will do:

Design and develop scalable GraphQL APIs using Node.js for mobile and web applications, ensuring efficient data access, performance optimization, and maintainability.
Collaborate closely with Mobile and Web teams, as well as fellow engineers, to integrate GraphQL schemas, REST APIs, and AI prompt engineering into applications, enabling intelligent, context-aware user experiences.
Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high code quality, enforce best practices, and mentor peers through constructive feedback.
Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in GraphQL, AI integration, and modern development practices, proactively incorporating innovative solutions to improve reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
Drive technical excellence through design reviews, schema evolution strategies, and automation in CI/CD pipelines.
Participate in product and technical planning, contributing to roadmap prioritization, feature design discussions, and detailed development plans.
Document and share knowledge across teams via design docs, API specifications, and internal technical presentations.

Who You Are:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
2+ years of professional experience with Node.js and/or Java
2+ years experience with GraphQL for API development
Hands-on experience with Docker, Jenkins, MySQL, and AWS
Comfortable working with data pipelines and model deployment in cloud environments like AWS
Experience applying AI/ML concepts in real-world applications or services
Exposure to integrating AI-driven capabilities into backend systems, such as recommendation engines, data classification, or predictive analyticsures,
Proficient in Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration
Experienced in Agile development environments
Strong team player; enjoys collaborating with others to improve outcomes

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before.

Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $92,340 - $115,380 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For candidates who live in San Francisco, CA, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.

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