Software Engineer - Automation & AI Platforms

Retool Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Retool Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation, powering Retool Workflows and Agents. You will work on orchestration engines, execution infrastructure, and AI integrations, collaborating with product and design to shape the platform’s direction.

The role demands strong backend and frontend proficiency, experience with scalable distributed systems, and a customer‑first mindset. Hybrid work in the US is offered with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally including time at a high-growth startup.
• Experience building and owning complex, distributed systems or developer platforms.
• Strong full-stack engineering experience, with comfort working across backend services, 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 thoughtful architectural tradeoffs.
• Strong product intuition and a customer-first mindset—you enjoy understanding how people use what you build.
• Excellent collaboration skills and experience partnering closely with product and design.
• A 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

Architectural tradeoffs

Customer-first mindset

Collaboration

Ownership & shipping

Node.js

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tools

Node.js

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Retool Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation, powering Retool Workflows and Agents. You will work on orchestration engines, execution infrastructure, and AI integrations, collaborating with product and design to shape the platform’s direction.

The role demands strong backend and frontend proficiency, experience with scalable distributed systems, and a customer‑first mindset. Hybrid work in the US is offered with competitive compensation and benefits.