# Software Engineer, Core Services at Retool

- Company: Retool
- What the company does: Build, deploy, and manage internal tools with Retool's unified engine. Connect to any database, API, or LLM. Leverage AI throughout your business. Backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://retool.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $164K to $306K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/retool/4605533005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/retool-software-engineer-core-services/

## About the role

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings (OTE) for commissionable roles. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Retool and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors such as (but not limited to), scope and responsibilities, the candidate’s experience and qualifications, and location.

## What they're looking for

- Drive the architectural design and redesign of core Retool backend services, ensuring robustness, security, and efficiency. This includes areas such as secure sandboxing, connection pooling, and streaming
- Use secure runtime and sandboxing technologies like WASM and seccomp filters
- Own production services running in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- You have 6+ years of experience in professional software development, ideally some of which you’ve spent in startups
- You’ve built, maintained, debugged, and scaled backend systems and distributed services
- You have a keen understanding of security best practices and experience in designing secure systems