Software Engineer, Workflows

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>ABOUT RETOOL</strong></p> <p>Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software: Gartner estimates that up to 50% of all code is written for internal use. This is the operational software for refunding orders, underwriting loans, onboarding employees, analyzing transactions, and providing customer support. But most companies don’t have adequate resources to properly invest in these tools, leading to a lot of old and clunky internal software or, even worse, users still stuck in manual and spreadsheet flows. </p> <p>At Retool, we’re on a mission to bring good software to everyone. We’re building a new type of development platform that combines the benefits of traditional software development with a drag-and-drop UI editor and AI, making it dramatically faster to build internal tools. We believe that the future of software development lies in abstracting away the tedious and repetitive tasks developers waste time on, while creating reusable components that act as a force multiplier for future developers and projects. The result is not just productivity, but good software by default. And that’s a mission worth striving for. </p> <p>Today, our customers span from small startups building their first operational tools to Fortune 500 companies building mission-critical apps for thousands of users across their business. Interested in joining us? Let us know! </p></div><p><strong>WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU</strong></p> <p>Retool started as a way to address obstacles with internal tools and has grown into a company that solves internal tooling for thousands of companies (big and small). We’ve done a lot with a little–we have a growing engineering team and a laundry list of features and foundational improvements we want to tackle. </p> <p>To continue our fast-paced growth, we need to build a world-class engineering team. You’ll help us get there by owning end-to-end projects, talking with customers, and ultimately supporting the growth of Retool the product and the business. </p> <p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO </strong></p> <p>Retool Workflows is the business automation layer of the Retool platform, designed to help engineers build, manage, and scale backend automations with both speed and flexibility. Workflows sits in the middle of the workflow automation spectrum—bridging the gap between lightweight visual builders (like Zapier) and developer-first automation tools (like Airflow).</p> <p>Our customers use Workflows across four key use case categories:</p> <ol> <li>Process automation – Streamlining approvals, ticketing, compliance checks, and other operational processes.</li> <li>Metrics and alerting – Triggering notifications, monitoring key business events, and automating incident responses.</li> <li>Data integration – Connecting, transforming, and synchronizing data across systems.</li> <li>Backend-as-a-Service – Running headless backend tasks, lightweight APIs, and automation logic.</li> </ol> <p>With Workflows, developers can work visually or in code, using pre-built primitives (Loops, Code Blocks, DB Connectors) or writing custom scripts in Python and JavaScript. Workflows provides event-based triggers, cron scheduling, error handling, and auto-retries—giving developers the tools they need to automate and scale mission-critical processes without the overhead of traditional infrastructure.</p> <p><strong>WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH</strong></p> <p>As an engineer, you will work closely with product and design teams to build, ship, and iterate new features. We’re a hard-working, passionate bunch who are motivated by collaboration, strong results, and bringing the ... (truncated, view full listing at source)