Software Engineer, AI Agents

Overview

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 other processes. Retool is building the first enterprise AppGen platform that transforms natural language into production-ready code, integrates with business data, and enforces enterprise security and governance. AI is redefining what it means to build software, expanding the developer pool to analysts, operators, and domain experts who create solutions directly. The opportunity is enormous, and so is the challenge of enabling a larger community to build production-grade software safely with shared, trusted components.

Over 100 million hours of work have been automated by developers and domain experts using our platform, freeing them to focus on creative problem-solving and strategic initiatives. The mission is to empower teams to create custom solutions within enterprise guardrails. Let’s build the future together!

Why we’re looking for you

At Retool, our mission is to radically accelerate how software gets built. AI and the rise of LLMs and AI agents change what software is and how it operates. Thousands of companies rely on Retool to run their internal tools and workflows, and many now want to harness AI to make those workflows smarter, faster, and more autonomous. We’re building a platform that lets every business create AI agents that act on real data and systems, and we’re looking for engineers excited to shape this new era of intelligent automation.

What you’ll do

You’ll help build Retool’s Agents product – a platform that lets customers create and deploy AI agents that act on real business data and systems. You’ll define how customers automate complex workflows with LLMs, shape the primitives for agent orchestration and monitoring, and partner with product, design, and AI infrastructure teams to bring them to life.

Some examples of what you might work on :

• Modifying our agent orchestration system to handle new modalities like voice, images, or files
• Building abstractions so users can customize agent interactions for their business processes
• Adding long-term memory and learning capabilities while maintaining strict data access boundaries
• Designing new mechanisms for human approval and interaction within agentic systems

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 team motivated by collaboration, strong results, and making Retool impactful for customers. If this sounds like a fit, we’d love to hear from you!

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For candidates based in San Francisco, 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 factors such as scope and responsibilities, experience, qualifications, and location.

Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity, and / or commission / bonuses are dependent on the position offered. Retool provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

$164,600 - $255,000 USD

Retool offers generous benefits to all employees and hybrid work location. For more information, please visit the benefits and perks section of our careers page!

Retool is currently set up to employ all roles in the US and specific roles in the UK. To find roles that can be employed in the UK, please refer to our careers page and review the indicated locations.

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