Automation Platform Engineer — AI Workflows

Retool, Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work location

Health benefits (medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Job summary

Retool, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation at Retool. You'll work on the systems powering Retool Workflows and Agents, helping customers automate business processes, orchestrate complex workflows, and build AI-powered applications that integrate across their technology stack.

This is a highly technical, product-minded engineering role. You'll own projects end-to-end—from architecture through implementation, launch, and iteration—while shaping the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally at a high-growth startup.
• Experience owning complex distributed systems or developer platforms.
• Strong full-stack engineering across backend, APIs, and frontend user experiences.
• Experience designing scalable backend systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Ability to navigate ambiguous technical problems and make architectural tradeoffs.
• Strong product intuition and a customer-first mindset.
• Excellent collaboration with product and design.
• Bias toward ownership, iteration, and shipping high-quality software.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the systems powering Retool Workflows and Agents.
• Build scalable systems that enable customers to orchestrate complex workflows, automate business processes, and leverage AI throughout their applications.
• Partner closely with product and design to turn ambiguous product ideas into thoughtful technical solutions.
• Own projects end-to-end—from architecture and implementation to rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
• Work across the stack to improve the developer experience, platform reliability, and execution performance of automation workloads.
• Collaborate directly with customers to understand their automation challenges and build solutions that solve real-world problems.
• Help shape the technical direction of an emerging product area through architecture discussions, technical decision-making, and code reviews.
• Contribute to growing the engineering team through interviewing and mentoring.

Skills

Distributed systems

Full-stack engineering

Cloud infrastructure design

Product-minded

Collaboration with product/design

Ownership & shipping

Mentoring

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Job description

Retool, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation at Retool. You'll work on the systems powering Retool Workflows and Agents, helping customers automate business processes, orchestrate complex workflows, and build AI-powered applications that integrate across their technology stack.

This is a highly technical, product-minded engineering role. You'll own projects end-to-end—from architecture through implementation, launch, and iteration—while shaping the