Software Engineer, Internal Platform

Reposted 11 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
165K-255K Annually
Mid level
Software
Our mission is to change the way developers build software.
The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Internal Platform team, you'll own foundational systems, support product engineering needs, and promote best practices across development, testing, and deployment.
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ABOUT RETOOL

Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like tracking performance metrics, handling customer support workflows, building admin dashboards, and countless other processes you might not have even thought of. But most companies don't have adequate resources to properly invest in these tools, leading to a lot of old and clunky internal software or, even worse, users still stuck in manual and spreadsheet flows.

At Retool, we’re building the first enterprise AppGen platform: software that transforms natural language into production-ready code, integrates directly with business data, and meets the highest standards of security and governance. AI is redefining what it means to build software—and who gets to build it. The definition of “developer” now includes analysts, operators, and domain experts creating solutions directly. As the pool of builders widens, so does the complexity of what they need to build. The opportunity is enormous, but so is the challenge of enabling this larger community to build production-grade software safely. That means AI that understands real business data, enforces enterprise policies automatically, and empowers teams to create once and reuse everywhere with shared, trusted components.

Over 100 million hours of work has been automated by developers and domain experts using our platform, freeing them to focus on creative problem-solving and strategic initiatives that drive real business value. The people closest to knowing what needs to be built can now safely create custom solutions within enterprise guardrails. And that's a mission worth striving for.

Let's build the future together!

WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU

Retool started as a way to address obstacles with internal tools and has grown into a company that solves internal tooling for thousands of companies (big and small). We’ve done a lot with a little—we have a growing engineering team and a laundry list of features and foundational improvements we want to tackle.
To continue our fast-paced growth, we need to build a world-class engineering team. You’ll help us get there by owning end-to-end projects, talking with customers, and ultimately supporting the growth of Retool—the product and the business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Internal Platform team at Retool empowers engineering teams to ship good software faster by providing strong defaults, shared building blocks, and clear paths to best practices in production across both the backend and frontend.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

  • Own the foundational systems and tooling of our core codebase.

  • Collaborate with product engineering teams to identify their platform needs and provide solutions.

  • Evangelize best practices for software development, testing, and deployment.

  • Lead and contribute to high-impact projects, including:

    • Building primitives for reliable and efficient database access

    • Upleveling our feature-flagging system

    • Enhancing our testing harnesses (backend, frontend, end-to-end, visual regression)

    • Making large-scale changes across our codebase to improve code quality (such as type safety)

THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING

  • 3+ years of experience as an individual contributor on fast-moving engineering teams.

  • Ability to debug complex systems and identify root causes of issues across the stack.

  • Experience with TypeScript and Node ecosystems.

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools to ensure system health and performance.

  • Strong understanding of system availability, resiliency, and recoverability.

  • Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

  • A demonstrated history of cultivating productive, collaborative relationships both within engineering organizations and across the broader company.

BONUS POINTS

  • Experience with Bazel (preferred but not required).

  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP, along with Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.

For candidates based in San Francisco, 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/bonuses 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.

San Francisco
$164,600$255,000 USD

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.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
GCP
Helm
Kubernetes
Node.js
Terraform
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
350 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

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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