Senior Solutions Architect, Apollo
West
$165-194k
Salary based in the US and may vary in further locations. + Equity + Variable Compensation
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API orchestration platform for AI agents, web, and mobile apps
Job no longer available
API orchestration platform for AI agents, web, and mobile apps
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$165-194k
Salary based in the US and may vary in further locations. + Equity + Variable Compensation
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help developers and engineering teams build better software faster with a declarative, graph-based approach to API orchestration, accelerating application development and delivering, better more cohesive experiences, and now extending that same approach to power AI agents and agentic applications.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in engineering, architecture, or technical consulting roles—including customer-facing or internal team leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and building production solutions with GraphQL for internal teams or external customers
- Proficient in production-level GraphQL, with languages like Java, and JavaScript; exposure to Apollo GraphQL and federated architecture is a strong plus
- Familiar with APIs, distributed systems, and the GraphQL ecosystem, including subgraph/client-side development, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, observability, and application performance monitoring (APM) tools
- Experience monitoring and scaling production workloads in a real-world environment
- Able to think critically about how solutions will perform and integrate in different environments and for various customer needs
- Strong presentation, communication, and time management skills
- Creative problem-solver with strong logic and reasoning abilities
- Passionate about mentoring, collaboration, and enabling teams to do more than they thought possible
- Willing and able to travel to company and customer events as required
Desirable
- Prior experience with Apollo GraphOS and/or Apollo Federation
- Experience developing integrations or tooling in the GraphQL ecosystem
What the job involves
- As a Senior Solutions Architect at Apollo, you’ll be one of the leaders helping major product teams go from proof-of-concept to production with a federated graph
- You’ll join a talented team at the forefront of designing GraphQL-based distributed architectures while establishing and communicating industry best practices
- You’ll harness your APIs and Software Architecture knowledge to serve as a trusted technical advisor and advocate for our enterprise customers
- You’ll develop creative solutions that accelerate customer adoption of GraphQL and federated graphs that create tangible business value
- You’ll also play an important role in shaping Apollo's future by communicating customer feedback to the product and engineering teams
- If collaborating with a tight-knit team on some of the most interesting and innovative projects in the GraphQL space today sounds like fun to you, then we’d love to have you join our team as a Solutions Architect!
- Partner with engineering teams across various companies to showcase the Apollo platform and guide them in consolidating GraphQL efforts into a unified, federated graph
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the enterprise journey, from proof of concept to production and company-wide expansion
- Understand each customer’s goals, architecture, and roadmap to design tailored strategies for successful Apollo adoption
- Devise innovative solutions that accelerate federated graph rollout, surface new use cases, and unlock greater business value
- Share insights from the field to improve Apollo’s documentation, open source libraries, and platform features
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Apollo’s product and engineering teams to help shape solutions to the challenges some of the world’s most advanced engineering organizations face
Our take
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.
Apollo claims that GraphQL wins out over competing REST APIs by offering a slicker, more bug-resistant service that does not require complex data fetching code. Certainly, the benefits of GraphQL become apparent with more complex web services or mobile applications, and this is the direction in which companies are increasingly headed as business shifts online. As such, it is unsurprising that Apollo count PayPal, New York Times, and Walmart among a roster of high-profile clients.
In recent years, Apollo has shifted online and its products are in high demand. Due to this, the company has both the resources and the strong industry reputation to continue offering it at the highest grade. Its 2022 launch of "Supergraph", a software layer designed to unify disparate data feeds and create one source for front-end developers, is a good demonstration of the company's continued dedication to innovating.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
126% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$130m
SERIES D
Jun 2019
$22m
SERIES C
Total funding: $183.4m
Company benefits
- Globally distributed company: No return-to-office for us. We believe in the strengths that come with being a globally distributed company. Our 220+ Apollonauts located in 10 countries and 13 time zones thrive on working from home, learning from each other, and avoiding long commutes and traffic jams (although that hike to the kitchen for snacks between meetings can be a real journey).
- Flexible Time Off (FTO): Whether it’s planning a vacation or taking some time to focus on your well-being, one thing matters to us: you have time to focus on you. Rest up, and make sure you share those travel pics when you get back. *For our UK and Canada teammates, we also offer "flexible time off in practice" which folds in your country-specific nuances so you may share the benefits of taking vacation that is restful, rejuvenating, and individualized for your needs.
- Full benefits package: We provide a variety of meaningful and competitive benefits based on whether you’re located in UK, Canada, or USA. When you go through the recruitment process, we’ll walk you through your country-specific package. No matter what life throws at you, rest assured that you and your family will be covered.
- Parental leave: Welcoming a new child is going to change your world, and we want to be here to support you when you need it. We offer leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, and a personal leave specialist to guide you through the process.
- Streamlined collaboration: Virtual “coffee chats”, tools that help us work as a distributed company, and a culture of documentation and global inclusivity ensure we stay connected and collaborate throughout the week.
- Company Kickoff: We believe in building meaningful connections with each and every Apollonaut. Once a year, we get the whole team together for our annual Company Kickoff where we learn, align, and most importantly, build relationships with each other. We can’t wait to see you at the next one!
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Matt DeBergalis
(Co-Founder & CEO)Founder of ActBlue and Meteor Development group. Former Engineer at NetApp. MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
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