Software Engineering Manager, Apollo

• You have experience managing software engineers and leading technical teams
• You thrive in leading through complexity and ambiguity, making informed decisions and prioritizing effectively
• You have a track record of successfully leading engineering teams through change by refining their focus, shaping team charters, and aligning priorities to meet evolving business needs
• You care deeply about people and find motivation in helping others succeed
• You bring experience from developer tooling, infrastructure, or similar spaces, and are excited to be part of building the infrastructure of the future
• You have a growth mindset, continually seeking to learn and improve your leadership
• You embody the leadership principles of creating clarity, unlocking performance, and delivering results
• You are familiar with all aspects of software development from architecture to deployment and maintenance
• You are a thoughtful leader with experience in hiring, coaching and retaining engineering talent with diverse needs for personal and professional growth

• As an Engineering Manager for the Identity team, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining authentication (SSO, GitHub, email/password), access control (roles, permissions, tokens/keys), and user/team/organization management systems
• You’ll partner closely with security, compliance, and platform teams to ensure our solutions are both user-friendly and enterprise-ready
• Manage a team of engineers, ensuring high-quality deliverables and aligning them with the organization’s long-term vision
• Drive team-level execution by prioritizing and allocating resources to ensure timely delivery of high-quality, scalable solutions
• Lead teams through change by providing clear direction, fostering alignment, and refining team charters as needed
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture, encouraging innovation and supporting team growth
• Work closely with product and engineering leadership to set the technical direction, refine roadmaps, shape the organization, and ensure successful delivery of high-impact projects
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful strategic projects, shaping the future of GraphOS
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative team environment based on trust, autonomy, and psychological safety
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to define hiring strategies, and actively attract and retain top engineering talent
• Participate in an on-call rotation as necessary

• Flexible working hours
• Generous time off
• Parental leave
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Work from home opportunities
• Virtual “coffee chats” and team lunches, and an AV setup specifically tailored for remote experience
• Everyone-in-town weeks, where we fly all of our Apollo employees to San Francisco for an action packed week of work and play

Total funding: $183.2m

Apollo provides technology to help startups and enterprises build apps using GraphQL. It provides the data graph layer connecting modern apps to the cloud, and is the industry standard implementation for GraphQL.