Software Engineer, Workflows

Software Engineer, Workflows Team

Engineering

New York, United States

Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like tracking performance metrics, handling customer support workflows, building admin dashboards, and countless other processes you might not have even thought of. 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.

At Retool, we’re building the first enterprise App Gen platform: software that transforms natural language into production‑ready code, integrates directly with business data, and meets the highest standards of security and governance. AI is redefining what it means to build software—and who gets to build it. The definition of “developer” now includes analysts, operators, and domain experts creating solutions directly.

As the pool of builders widens, so does the complexity of what they need to build. The opportunity is enormous, but so is the challenge of enabling this larger community to build production‑grade software safely. That means AI that understands real business data, enforces enterprise policies automatically, and empowers teams to create once and reuse everywhere with shared, trusted components.

Over 100 million hours of work has been automated by developers and domain experts using our platform, freeing them to focus on creative problem‑solving and strategic initiatives that drive real business value. The people closest to knowing what needs to be built can now safely create custom solutions within enterprise guardrails. And that's a mission worth striving for. Let’s build the future together!

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. 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.

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). Our customers use Workflows across four key use case categories:

• Process automation – Streamlining approvals, ticketing, compliance checks, and other operational processes.
• Metrics and alerting – Triggering notifications, monitoring key business events, and automating incident responses.
• Data integration – Connecting, transforming, and synchronizing data across systems.
• Backend‑as‑a‑Service – Running headless backend tasks, lightweight APIs, and automation logic.

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.

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 impact of Retool to our customers. When we’re in the office, we enjoy eating lunch (and occasionally dinner!) together, and we’ve been known for our lively game nights.

But at the root of it all, we come together to show our customers and not‑quite‑yet customers how Retool can make them and their companies more efficient and successful.