Software Engineer - Build Scalable, Safe Internal Tools

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Hybrid work location

Job summary

Retool is seeking an engineer to join a fast-growing team building a platform used by thousands of developers worldwide. You will work across the stack, from backend to frontend, to implement features, improve performance, and shape how applications are built across teams.

You’ll collaborate with product and design, drive technical decisions, and contribute to recruiting efforts to grow the engineering group.

Qualifications

• 3+ years software development experience, startup experience preferred.
• Experience delivering technically challenging cross-functional projects.
• Full-stack experience from backend to frontend.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Customer-first mindset with ability to engage customers and gather requirements.
• Ability to make quick technical decisions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Improve the UX of the Retool core editor, addressing drag-and-drop performance.
• Expand the range of applications you can build across the development process.
• Debug customer problems and build features to address them.
• Help assess and recruit future engineers.
• Improve scalability and reduce query latencies across the platform.

Skills

Cross-functional projects

Backend to frontend

Cloud infrastructure

Customer-focused

Technical decision-making

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Retool is seeking an engineer to join a fast-growing team building a platform used by thousands of developers worldwide. You will work across the stack, from backend to frontend, to implement features, improve performance, and shape how applications are built across teams.

You’ll collaborate with product and design, drive technical decisions, and contribute to recruiting efforts to grow the engineering group.