Retool

Software Engineer, Core Services

Retool$163K — $306K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in startups.
  • Experience building, maintaining, debugging, and scaling backend systems and distributed services.
  • Strong understanding of security best practices and experience in designing secure systems.
  • Proven ability to identify and solve performance bottlenecks in critical services.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, as well as Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

  • Drive architectural design and redesign of core backend services for security and efficiency.
  • Implement secure runtime and sandboxing technologies such as WASM and seccomp filters.
  • Manage production services hosted in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Hybrid work location policy.
  • Equity and/or commission compensation depending on position.
  • Generous benefits for all employees.
Full Job Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Core Services team owns key backend services powering broad areas of the Retool product, including code execution and the infrastructure behind resource connectors that allow customers to connect Retool to their data.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

  • Drive the architectural design and redesign of core Retool backend services, ensuring robustness, security, and efficiency. This includes areas such as secure sandboxing, connection pooling, and streaming.
  • Use secure runtime and sandboxing technologies like WASM and seccomp filters
  • Own production services running in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)


THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING

  • You have 6+ years of experience in professional software development, ideally some of which you've spent in startups
  • You've built, maintained, debugged, and scaled backend systems and distributed services
  • You have a keen understanding of security best practices and experience in designing secure systems
  • You can demonstrate an ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in critical services
  • You have experience with cloud-based infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP, along with Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform
  • You have excellent communication and collaboration skills and are able to work effectively across multiple teams


BONUS POINTS

  • You're familiar with TypeScript and Node
  • You've right-sized compute clusters, managed autoscaling groups, etc.
  • You understand OS-level containerization and execution environments
  • You've built fault-tolerant message queues, worker pools, or distributed value stores
  • You've analyzed and tackled interesting and unusual new workloads


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.

About Retool

Retool is a low-code platform that helps businesses build internal tools and workflows without writing code. The platform provides a drag-and-drop interface for building user interfaces and integrates with existing databases and APIs. Retool's customers include startups and Fortune 500 companies in various industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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