Software Engineer: Automation, AI Workflows & Platforms

ReTool; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Retool is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation at Retool. You will work on the systems powering Retool Workflows and Agents, enabling customers to automate business processes and orchestrate complex workflows.

You'll own projects end-to-end—from architecture to rollout—while collaborating with product, design, and customers to ship scalable, reliable automation across the stack.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in a high-growth startup.
• Experience building and owning complex, distributed systems or developer platforms.
• Strong full-stack engineering experience 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.
• Excellent collaboration skills and experience partnering 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 to orchestrate complex workflows and AI integrations.
• Partner with product and design to turn ambiguous ideas into technical solutions.
• Own projects end-to-end—from architecture to rollout and monitoring.
• Improve developer experience, platform reliability, and execution performance.
• Engage with customers to understand automation challenges and provide solutions.
• Contribute to shaping the technical direction through architecture discussions and code reviews.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to growing the team.

Skills

Distributed systems

Full-stack development

Cloud infrastructure design

Product mindset

Collaboration

Ownership

Code reviews

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

Retool is seeking a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of automation at Retool. You will work on the systems powering Retool Workflows and Agents, enabling customers to automate business processes and orchestrate complex workflows.

You'll own projects end-to-end—from architecture to rollout—while collaborating with product, design, and customers to ship scalable, reliable automation across the stack.