# Software Engineer, Governance 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: 2026-05-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/retool/am9icG9zdDp9SmgWhNEJ2bTl6QWkx15r
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/retool-software-engineer-governance/

## About the role

Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like tracking performance metrics, handling support workflows, building admin dashboards, and countless processes you might never have thought of. But most companies don't have the resources to properly invest in these tools, leading to a lot of old, clunky internal software, or worse, teams still stuck in manual and spreadsheet workflows.

## What they're looking for

- 2–8 years of professional software engineering experience on high impact teams, ideally some of which has been at startups
- Experience owning technically challenging, cross-functional projects from start to finish
- Strong fundamentals across the entire stack, with a strong grasp of backend systems design, data modeling, and building reliable, scalable software
- You communicate clearly in design docs, code reviews, and cross-functional discussions
- You care about code quality, testing, and leaving the codebase better than you found it
- You're motivated by solving real customer problems, not just writing clever code