Our mission is to change the way developers build software.
The Role
The AI Product Engineer will build AI-driven software features, enhance performance, and develop intelligent UIs, working across product and infrastructure layers.
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ABOUT RETOOL
Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like tracking performance metrics, handling support workflows, building admin dashboards, and countless processes you might never have thought of. But most companies don't have the resources to properly invest in these tools, leading to a lot of old, clunky internal software, or worse, teams still stuck in manual and spreadsheet workflows.
AI has changed who gets to build software. The definition of "developer" now includes analysts, operators, and domain experts creating solutions directly—and the tools they reach for are multiplying by the week. That's both an opportunity and a challenge: as more people build with more AI tools, the risk of shipping ungoverned software into production grows just as fast.
At Retool, we're building the platform that makes all of it safe to ship. Build with any AI tool you want, then deploy into one place that connects to your real business data, enforces enterprise policies automatically, and lets teams create once and reuse everywhere with shared, trusted components. The cost of building software has collapsed. The cost of governing it hasn't—and that's the problem we solve.
Developers and domain experts have already automated over 100 million hours of work on our platform, freeing them to focus on creative problem-solving and strategic work that drives real business value. The people closest to the problem can now build the software to solve it, safely, and within enterprise guardrails.
Let's build the future together.
WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU
Retool started by addressing obstacles with internal tools and has grown into a company that solves internal tooling for thousands of companies (big and small). Now, with AI-native capabilities, we’re going a step further: transforming how humans interact with software entirely.
We’re hiring AI Product Engineers to help us push the boundaries of what’s possible with LLMs in the hands of developers. If you’re passionate about building productized AI experiences—fast, reliable, and deeply usable—we want to talk.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As an AI Product Engineer, you’ll work across product and infrastructure layers to ship developer-facing AI features that feel like magic—intelligent, fast, and deeply embedded into the act of building software. You might:
- Build generative UIs that let users create real apps from natural language
- Improve the performance, observability, and safety of our internal model architecture
- Extend our AI evaluation systems to support smarter ranking, feedback loops, and product metrics
- Develop patterns for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), few-shot prompting, and agentic architecture.
- Contribute to building internal tools that help us accelerate iteration on AI features and workflows
You’ll work in a TypeScript + Node.js + React stack, but we value strong engineering fundamentals over specific frameworks. You should be comfortable navigating the full stack, even if you lean more frontend or backend.
THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- A track record of building and shipping real product—not just models or papers
- Experience working with LLMs and modern techniques (RAG, CoT, few-shot, embeddings, etc.)
- An eye for product: you care how features work and how they feel
- Familiarity with vector databases, prompt orchestration tools, and evaluation techniques
- A pragmatic mindset about what’s scalable and maintainable in production
- Strong opinions, weakly held—you move quickly but bring others along
- Bonus: experience building AI features for developer tools or productivity software
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You’ll join a small, fast-moving AI team inside Retool, working alongside engineers, designers, and PMs who’ve built everything from visual programming systems to compiler infrastructure. You’ll also collaborate with our core product and infra teams as we deepen AI’s role across the platform.
We value ownership, speed, and a tight feedback loop with our customers (many of whom are developers themselves). This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of AI, developer experience, and product design—with real users, real use cases, and real impact.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in JavaScript / TypeScript
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Exposure to MLOps techniques (e.g., fine-tuning pipelines, model hosting)
- Experience mentoring other engineers or working closely with design
READY TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE?
If you’re excited to shape how developers build with AI—from prompts to production—we’d love to meet you.
For candidates based in the United States, 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 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.
The base pay range for this role is $163,800 – $306,000 per year.
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.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience working with LLMs and modern techniques
- Track record of building and shipping real product
- Familiarity with vector databases and evaluation techniques
- Experience building AI features for developer tools
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The Company
What We Do
Retool is a development platform for building business software. Users can visually design apps that interface with any database or API, and switch to code to customize how their apps look and work. With Retool, developers ship more apps and move their business forward—all in less time. Thousands of teams at companies like Amazon, DoorDash, Peloton, and Brex collaborate around custom-built Retool apps to solve internal workflows. We're just getting started and growing quickly—join us!
Why Work With Us
Retools are solution drivers—whether fixing a button misalignment or enabling customers to build with the newest AI technologies, we wear many hats and act like owners. Our small teams work on big problems, pushing hard and moving quickly to create outsized impact. We hold each other accountable and celebrate together when we get it right. Join us!
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