# Staff Software Engineer, Rust at Apollo GraphQL

- Company: Apollo GraphQL
- What the company does: Connect agents and apps to GraphQL and REST APIs with proven infrastructure trusted by enterprise leaders. Backed by Insight and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.apollographql.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States or Canada (remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $192K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-03-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/apollo-graphql/9192511f-3649-4de0-aaf6-61149633a406
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/apollo-graphql-staff-software-engineer-rust/

## About the role

Build, test, and maintain fault-tolerant infrastructure for GraphQL runtime platforms, primarily in idiomatic Rust, ensuring security, performance, and reliability. Triage, debug, and resolve escalations from enterprise customers running some of the largest GraphQL deployments in the world — hundreds of subgraphs processing trillions of requests per month.

## What they're looking for

- You have experience with Rust and enjoy writing performant, maintainable code
- You have expertise in systems engineering, including knowledge of stateless/fault-tolerant systems, event-driven patterns, and distributed paradigms
- You have strong debugging instincts and are energized by hands-on operational work, not just feature development
- You excel at cross-team collaboration and have a "rising tide lifts all boats" mentality, positively influencing others across the organization
- You're passionate about GraphQL, modern developer tooling, and contributing to industry-leading innovations
- You have a growth mindset and actively seek opportunities to learn and stay current with industry trends

Tags: Engineering