Retool

Software Engineer, Apps Builder Experience

Retool  •  San Francisco, CA (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description

WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOURetool 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 We build tools that make it easy for anyone technical to build internal software that’s powerful, well-designed, and meets enterprise standards. You will work on features that impact thousands of customers globally and have the ability to change how applications are built across all parts of the stack. You’ll meet with internal counterparts to enhance customer thinking and partner closely with product on building out features. You’ll have a large impact on new features or improve performance on thousands of customers' applications.
Retool is built primarily in JavaScript and TypeScript, Node.js on the backend, and React on the frontend. We’ll look to you to bring your experience to build within this environment and impact our codebase. You’ll also engage in technical decision-making with the team, participate in planning, and help our engineering team expand its skillset. You’ll also play a key role in helping us grow the team through interviewing potential new team members.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITHAs an engineer, you will work closely with product and design teams to build, ship, and iterate new features. We’re a hard-working, passionate bunch who are motivated by collaboration, strong results, and bringing the impact of Retool to our customers. When we’re in the office, we enjoy eating lunch (and occasionally dinner!) together, and we’ve been known for our lively game nights. But at the root of it all, we come together to show our customers and not-quite-yet customers how Retool can make them and their companies more efficient and successful. If this sounds like a fit, we’d love to hear from you! 
IN THIS ROLE YOU'LL
  • Improve the UX of the Retool core editor, which involves plenty of interesting technical problems (e.g., "how do we implement our drag-and-drop system in a performant way?") and product-focused ones (e.g. "how do we make our IDE easy to use for technical users who aren’t engineers?")
  • Collaborate with the team to build and improve the architectural foundations for how components, theming, layout, and other core features work within Retool
  • Improve scalability and performance of Retool’s platform (especially on the frontend)
  • Debug and fix customer problems
  • Help assess and recruit future engineers

THE SKILLSET YOU'LL BRING
  • 5+ years experience in full stack web development, ideally some of which you’ve spent in startups
  • Strong frontend engineering skillset and experience working with React and TypeScript
  • Experience owning technically challenging and demanding cross-functional projects
  • Experience working with product managers and/or designers
  • Ability to make technical decisions quickly, while looping in key stakeholders
  • A customer-first mindset and an interest in talking with customers to make sure what we’re building meets their needs
  • Habit of introspection and understanding what’s helped you be successful in the past

NICE TO HAVE
  • Experience with Redux and PostgresSQL
  • Bonus points if you have experience in mentoring other team members
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About Retool

Build internal software better with AI. Create apps, agents, and workflows with any LLM, datasource, or API to deploy AI across your business.

Retool is the application layer for AI and leading platform for internal software development, trusted by over 10,000 companies worldwide, including Amazon, Stripe, Brex, and Orangetheory Fitness. Using Retool, developers deploy sophisticated apps and agents dramatically faster without sacrificing quality or control, combining powerful building blocks with the flexibility of custom code.

To learn more and start building for free today, visit https://retool.com

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Year Founded
2017
Website
retool.com
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