Software Engineer, Retool
Resource Authorization
$136-216.8k
The application layer for AI
Job no longer available
The application layer for AI
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$136-216.8k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the future of internal software by making software development for engineers simpler and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- We’re expanding our team and product surface area extremely quickly, and we’re looking for a leader to inherit and build out our new product lines, along with the platforms that power them
- We’ll look to you to bring your experience to build within this environment and impact our codebase
- 4+ years experience in professional software development, ideally some of which you’ve spent in startups
- Experience owning technically challenging and demanding cross-functional projects
- Experience across the entire stack, from backend to frontend (and if you have a preference, we’d love to hear it!)
- Experience with JavaScript and TypeScript, as well with cloud based infrastructure like Azure, AWS or GCP
- Ability to make technical decisions quickly, while looping in key stakeholders, too
- 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
What the job involves
- Retool’s multi-product surface area allows our builders to build full-stack apps all inside of Retool, or use the different products on a standalone basis to solve more bespoke requirements
- We’re a tool built by engineers for engineers
- 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
- You’ll also engage in technical decision-making with the team, participate in planning, and help our engineering team expand its skillset
- To that end, you’ll also play a key role in helping us grow the team through interviewing potential new team members
- We are looking for a founding engineer to kickstart our new Resource Auth team
- This team will center around how Retool can securely and reliably access customer data from any resource or integration they want to use within Retool
- Why a new team now? This is a crucial piece of the business - every customer is a customer of this team - since every customer needs to connect at least one data source (and thus authenticate to it) to get value from Retool
- To support potential and existing customers we need more dedicated investment in making sure auth methods are available, extensible, reliable and of course secure
- Architect an new authentication service to be flexible in supporting many different variants of authentication as well as reliable and of course secure
- Bring observability to authentication and make it easy for engineers to reason about
- Tradeoff between customer requirements and engineering constraints
Our take
Retool allows developers to build internal applications quickly using a complete set of ready-made building blocks. These internal applications can be used to display company data from a range of sources, including Redis, Salesforce, Google Cloud, and Slack.
For a monthly fee, the platform enables companies to save time that they would have otherwise spent on developing their own internal applications. Retool brands itself as 'low-code,' meaning that it is easy to use and customize. There is a huge demand for systems that allow teams to analyze the data they already have. Retool already counts brands such as Amazon, Philips, Peloton, NBC, and Mercedes-Benz as customers.
Founded in 2017, the company is now valued at over $3.6B. Founded by Oxford graduate David Hsu, the management team includes ex-Stripe and ex-Airbnb employees with plenty of experience in taking a company from a start-up to a global brand.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jul 2022
$45m
SERIES C
Dec 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $165.3m
Company benefits
- Your health: Our healthcare plans include flexible, competitive options for medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Your fuel: Fully snack-stocked kitchens at every turn, with breakfast, lunch and dinner provided at our San Francisco and New York offices.
- Your growth: We provide a $1,200 annual stipend that can be utilized for all learning-related expenses, including books, conferences, classes, and more.
- Your family: Access to comprehensive family planning services, generous paid parental leave for new parents, and a remarkable $10,000 lifetime benefit towards fertility support.
- Your time: Flexible freedom for a healthier you: take the time off that you need, when you need it! Discover flexible PTO and our 4 week Work From Anywhere policy to rejuvenate on your time.
- Your sidekick: Bring your favorite sidekick to work and enjoy our dog-friendly offices!
- Your future: Plan for your future. We offer enrollment and matching up to 4% for our US-based employees.
- Your wellbeing: Enjoy a suite of perks and memberships that enable you to thrive both personally and professionally.
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Hsu
(Founder & CEO)David studied Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of Oxford, before founding Retool in 2017. He has served as CEO ever since.
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