Software Engineer, Internal Platform
at Retool
San Francisco, United States
ABOUT RETOOL
Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software: Gartner estimates that up to 50% of all code is written for internal use. This is the operational software for refunding orders, underwriting loans, onboarding employees, analyzing transactions, and providing customer support. But most companies don’t have adequate resources to properly invest in these tools, leading to a lot of old and clunky internal software or, even worse, users still stuck in manual and spreadsheet flows.
At Retool, we’re on a mission to bring good software to everyone. We’re building a new type of development platform that combines the benefits of traditional software development with a drag-and-drop UI editor and AI, making it dramatically faster to build internal tools. We believe that the future of software development lies in abstracting away the tedious and repetitive tasks developers waste time on, while creating reusable components that act as a force multiplier for future developers and projects. The result is not just productivity, but good software by default. And that’s a mission worth striving for.
Today, our customers span from small startups building their first operational tools to Fortune 500 companies building mission-critical apps for thousands of users across their business. Interested in joining us? Let us know!
WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU
Retool started as a way to address obstacles with internal tools and has grown into a company that solves internal tooling for thousands of companies (big and small). We’ve done a lot with a little—we have a growing engineering team and a laundry list of features and foundational improvements we want to tackle.
To continue our fast-paced growth, we need to build a world-class engineering team. You’ll help us get there by owning end-to-end projects, talking with customers, and ultimately supporting the growth of Retool—the product and the business.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
The Internal Platform team at Retool empowers engineering teams to ship good software faster by providing strong defaults, shared building blocks, and clear paths to best practices in production across both the backend and frontend.
IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:
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Own the foundational systems and tooling of our core codebase.
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Collaborate with product engineering teams to identify their platform needs and provide solutions.
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Evangelize best practices for software development, testing, and deployment.
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Lead and contribute to high-impact projects, including:
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Building primitives for reliable and efficient database access
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Upleveling our feature-flagging system
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Enhancing our testing harnesses (backend, frontend, end-to-end, visual regression)
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Making large-scale changes across our codebase to improve code quality (such as type safety)
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THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING
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3+ years of experience as an individual contributor on fast-moving engineering teams.
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Ability to debug complex systems and identify root causes of issues across the stack.
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Experience with TypeScript and Node ecosystems.
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Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for technical and non-technical audiences.
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Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools to ensure system health and performance.
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Strong understanding of system availability, resiliency, and recoverability.
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Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
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A demonstrated history of cultivating productive, collaborative relationships both within engineering organizations and across the broader company.
BONUS POINTS
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Experience with Bazel (preferred but not required).
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Experience with cloud-based infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP, along with Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
For candidates based in San Francisco, the pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings (OTE) for commissionable roles. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Retool and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors such as (but not limited to), scope and responsibilities, the candidate’s experience and qualifications, and location.
Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity, and/or commission/bonuses are dependent on the position offered. Retool provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
Retool offers generous benefits to all employees and hybrid work location. For more information, please visit the benefits and perks section of our careers page!
Retool is currently set up to employ all roles in the US and specific roles in the UK. To find roles that can be employed in the UK, please refer to our careers page and review the indicated locations.