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At Apollo GraphQL, we’re transforming the way developers build software with the power of the graph. Our Graph Tooling Team sits at the heart of this mission - owning and advancing the developer-facing tools that help teams onboard quickly, work intuitively, and build with <a href="http://joy.We" target="_blank">joy.</a>   <a href="http://joy.We" target="_blank">We</a>’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer with deep front-end expertise to help lead the next chapter of our developer experience journey. This is an opportunity to shape widely used tools like Apollo Studio, Sandbox, and IDE extensions while exploring the future of AI-assisted development workflows.  <br> <b>About the Team</b>  The Graph Tooling Team owns Apollo’s core developer tooling platform—including the Studio web app, IDE plugins (VS Code, IntelliJ), and Sandbox tools. Our mission is simple: <b>delight developers</b>. We build tools that reduce friction, visualize complex GraphQL workflows, and make it easy for teams to get started and grow with Apollo.  <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li>Enhance our React component infrastructure for greater performance and scalability</li> <li>Improve UI/UX design for observability and schema workflows</li> <li>Develop new interfaces and features used by thousands of developers</li> <li>Create intuitive UIs for local testing and GraphQL exploration</li> <li>Design and build browser plugins and debuggers for GraphQL troubleshooting</li> <li>Architect a front-end platform-as-a-service used across Apollo’s tools</li> <li>Build a robust testing infrastructure and reusable component libraries</li> <li>Implement design system standards to ensure visual and functional consistency</li> <li>Explore and implement AI-enabled developer workflows through tooling</li> </ul><h3>Who You Are</h3> <ul> <li>Deep expertise in React and modern front-end development</li> <li>Strong background in web application architecture, component design, and performance optimization</li> <li>Solid understanding of UI/UX principles, especially in technical products</li> <li>Experience building and maintaining a robust testing infrastructure</li> <li>Experience in SaaS or developer tooling environments</li> <li>Track record of shipping large-scale front-end products</li> <li>Passionate about clean code, great design, and thoughtful user experiences</li> <li>A strong portfolio of front-end projects or tools</li> </ul><h3>Bonus Points</h3> <ul> <li>Experience with IDE extensions, debugging tools, or platform front-ends</li> <li>Familiarity with GraphQL and developer-centric workflows</li> <li>Exposure to AI/ML-enhanced developer tools</li> </ul>At Apollo, we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring consistency within the team in each country. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience, and our overall assessment of what we learned during the hiring process. In addition to the U.S. base salary range, we also provide equity and benefits.  <br> Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans and California residents can also choose from an additional 2 Kaiser medical plans. Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial. <br> Location: This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada. <br> Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce. <br>  Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy <a href="https://www.apollographql.com/CCPA-Privacy-Notice-for-Employees.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.  <br>  E-Verify: Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit<a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/" target="_blank"> E-Verify.</a>

Apollo GraphQL

Staff Software Engineer

Whether you're binge-watching a series on Netflix, planning vacations from your phone, or reading news online, you've likely used Apollo's technology this week. Apollo powers some of the largest GraphQL platforms globally, serving diverse users at companies like Netflix, Expedia, Peloton, DoorDash, The New York Times, and many more. <br> We're not looking to rest on our laurels—we're aiming to transform how software is built. Apollo is creating technology that empowers all software teams to build amazing user experiences across any number of clients, without dealing with complicated API endpoints. We believe diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we want you to be part of our journey. <br> As a Principal Engineer at Apollo, you'll be a technical leader who helps shape our engineering culture, directly advising senior &amp; exec leadership across products and systems that power GraphOS. Your work will influence company-wide priorities, delivering technical innovations that translate directly into customer value and business impact.   Today, GraphQL is emerging as the next generation API orchestration technology unifying data access across various sources. Our GraphOS platform helps API developers worldwide build and operate their data access layers at scale. In this role, you’ll partner directly with Product and Engineering leadership to develop strategy, design solutions, and elevate our engineering teams through meaningful impact and results.  <br><h3>User Impact</h3> <ul> <li>Create solutions that deliver direct impact for customers and drive business growth</li> <li>Contribute to company-level objectives related to GraphOS adoption and success</li> <li>Balance current technical requirements with long-term architectural vision</li> <li>Use data to evaluate effectiveness and drive continuous improvement</li> </ul><h3>Strategic Technical Leadership</h3> <ul> <li>Propose ideas that create business value through technical insight and vision in the GraphQL ecosystem</li> <li>Develop resilient, scalable systems and optimize existing components of GraphOS, including the Core Router and Apollo Federation</li> <li>Lead and participate in technical forums to elevate design and architecture practices across Apollo</li> <li>Apply your expertise of GraphQL or distributed systems architecture to solve complex, high-impact problems</li> <li>Create high-quality technical documents that exemplify excellence for the engineering organization</li> <li>Guide strategic architectural decisions that enable innovative, adaptable solutions to meet a broad range of customer needs</li> <li>Identify areas of opportunity for the engineering and product organizations along with catalyzing the initial effort</li> </ul><h3>Delivery &amp; Execution</h3> <ul> <li>Ensure operational excellence and resilience across GraphOS systems in support of company-wide goals </li> <li>Develop technical plans and documentation that enable teams to deliver on Apollo's roadmap</li> <li>Combine high-level technical planning with hands-on problem-solving</li> <li>Collaborate with engineering management to build GraphOS components that are maintainable, performant, and secure</li> <li>Transform complex concepts into achievable deliverables that address customer needs</li> <li>Balance customer needs with community interests in open source projects</li> <li>Participate in an on-call rotation as necessary</li> </ul><h3>Collaboration &amp; Influence</h3> <ul> <li>Serve as a key technical partner to stakeholders, including product and customer success, aligning engineering efforts with user and business priorities</li> <li>Drive alignment across functions by clearly communicating technical context, tradeoffs, and priorities</li> <li>Represent Apollo through various channels including customer conversations and community engagement</li> <li>Engage with thought leaders in the GraphQL and API platform ecosystem</li> <li>Support the growth of the team by helping to identify, interview, and recruit top engineering talent</li> </ul><h3>Core Skills &amp; Experience:</h3> <ul> <li>Experience designing, building, and operating high scale distributed systems</li> <li>Background in API design, platforms, or frameworks</li> <li>Strong product and customer mindset, with a track record of moving fast, iterating, and delivering meaningful impact</li> <li>Ability to make technical decisions with considerations for long-term impact</li> <li>Success in collaborating across teams and building solid technical strategy</li> <li>Sound judgment in balancing technical debt, innovation, and business priorities</li> <li>Effective communication skills with various audiences including executives, customers, and engineers</li> </ul><h3>Valued, But Not Required:</h3> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to mentor &amp; elevate senior+ engineers, and shape the influence of technical leaders across the org</li> <li>Familiarity with GraphQL, Federation architecture or API gateway technologies</li> <li>Understanding of software development lifecycle models and their application to source-available products</li> </ul>Apollo is the worldwide leader of GraphQL innovation. Companies like Netflix, Expedia, Peloton, DoorDash, The New York Times, and PayPal are just a small sample of Apollo's customers. Our open-source product has millions of downloads every week. Gartner estimates that by 2025, 50% of companies will be using GraphQL, and we're the clear market leader. <br> <br> Compensation: In addition to the salary range, we also provide equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and country. <br> Benefits: Apollo offers all US-based employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans. California residents can also choose from 2 Kaiser plans. Dental is provided by Delta Dental and vision by VSP. <br> Location: This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the US or Canada. <br> Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce. <br>  Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy<a href="https://www.apollographql.com/CCPA-Privacy-Notice-for-Employees.pdf" target="_blank"> here.</a>  <br> Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit E-Verify.

Principal Software Engineer

Apollo was born from open source, with one of the largest and most engaged communities in the GraphQL ecosystem. Today, we power some of the biggest names in tech. We’re seeing tremendous growth, and our mission is to continue providing developers with the best tools and services for building modern applications. Our success is driven by growth strategies, with engineers at the core of everything we do. <br> We're looking for a Staff Product Designer who can partner with our product and engineering teams to take our user experiences to the next level. You'll be part of a company that's scaling rapidly, making significant contributions that shape how developers use GraphQL to build better software. Your work will be used by many of the world's most innovative companies. You'll collaborate with PMs, engineers, and teammates across Apollo to turn user needs into functional, appealing designs. You'll own the design process for key projects, working with product managers and engineering leads to define solutions and seeing them through to completion. We value innovative thinking, practical experimentation, and designs informed by user needs. You'll build visualizations that help developers understand API schemas at a glance, create interfaces where they can connect APIs without writing much code, and design dashboards for managing schemas, monitoring events, and tracking usage across teams. <br> So join us and help shape the future of GraphOS!<h3>What You Will Do</h3> <ul> <li>Design tools used by developers at companies like Netflix, The New York Times, and Walmart</li> <li>Create interfaces that make complex technical concepts actually make sense</li> <li>Join a team that's scaling rapidly as market demand for our technology grows</li> <li>Build products that genuinely change how companies build and scale their APIs</li> </ul><h3>Design Craft</h3> <ul> <li>You have a portfolio showing your work, end-to-end</li> <li>You enjoy designing for complex technical products</li> <li>You're skilled at gathering user insights and applying them to your design decisions</li> <li>You're comfortable in Figma and can create detailed design artifacts</li> <li>You understand or are curious about how developers think (and making tools that are useful for them)</li> <li>You've been designing for years and know your stuff: </li> - You understand typography, color theory, layouts, and responsive design - You care about accessibility and advocate for incorporating it into your work - You know how to use a design system but also know when to go outside its bounds - You explore multiple approaches before settling on a direction - You work well with product managers and engineers, and know how to navigate team dynamics <li>You stay connected to design trends and the broader tech community</li> <li>You understand how HTML/CSS affects implementation (bonus if you can write some yourself)</li> <li>You have strong opinions about what makes a good experience—you can spot when something feels "off" and articulate why. </li> </ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3> <ul> <li>Experience designing technical products for developers, enterprise, or technical users</li> <li>Skill with Figma and modern design tools</li> <li>A portfolio showing your process from discovery to implementation</li> <li>Experience working with product managers and engineers</li> <li>Knowledge of HTML/CSS basics</li> <li>Strong communication skills</li> <li>Ability to independently conduct appropriate user research</li> </ul><h3>Bonus Points</h3> <ul> <li>Experience with developer-focused products</li> <li>Familiarity with GraphQL or API tools</li> <li>Some coding ability or enthusiasm to learn</li> <li>UX writing experience</li> <li>Visual design and branding skills</li> </ul>At Apollo, we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring consistency within the team in each country. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience, and our overall assessment of what we learned during the hiring process.  <br> In addition to the U.S. base salary range, we also provide equity and benefits. Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans and California residents can also choose from an additional 2 Kaiser medical plans. Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial. <br> Location: This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the United States. <br> Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce. <br> Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy <a href="https://www.apollographql.com/CCPA-Privacy-Notice-for-Employees.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br> E-Verify: Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit <a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/" target="_blank">E-Verify.</a>

Sr. Staff Product Designer

Are you an experienced product manager excited to work with developer tools that help the biggest companies around the world connect and orchestrate their APIs with GraphQL? As a Product Manager at Apollo , you’ll lead product vision for the core capabilities that enable Enterprises to adopt and scale Apollo’s industry-leading API composition platform, GraphOS, across their organizations. <br> You will be working with engineering organizations on the suite of tools that enable them to build, manage, and operate a supergraph of any size or scale, with minimal friction and maximum developer delight. You’d also be responsible for our entire suite of developer tools, including GraphOS Studio (our SaaS application for developing and managing GraphOS environments, Rover (our command-line interface for performing and automating GraphOS operational tasks, our extensions for third-party IDEs like VSCode and IntelliJ), and our local development tools like GraphOS Sandbox. <br> So join us and help shape the future of GraphOS!<h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li>Define and drive Apollo’s vision and strategy for the GraphOS developer <a href="http://ecosystem.Build" target="_blank">ecosystem.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://ecosystem.Build" target="_blank">Build</a> and evangelize a roadmap for these products across internal and external stakeholders. Develop and validate new GraphOS capabilities directly with industry-leading customers, such as Netflix, Paypal, Wayfair, Peloton, The New York Times, and many <a href="http://others.Own" target="_blank">others.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://others.Own" target="_blank">Own</a> and evolve Apollo’s user experience across various product surfaces and touchpoints, from administrative tools to API interfaces and command-line tools to third-party <a href="http://integrations.You" target="_blank">integrations.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://integrations.You" target="_blank">You</a>’re excited about GraphQL and modern developer tooling and are interested in helping push the industry forward.</li> </ul><h3>What You Bring</h3> <ul> <li>You have successfully led product development lifecycles and technical product management, ideally with developer platforms and infrastructure or similar B2B products.</li> <li>You have deep experience with APIs and algorithms.</li> <li>You understand how to work back from the customer’s perspective to identify value and develop a clear product vision.</li> <li>You are adept at reasoning technical tradeoffs in relation to the product vision you’ve built.</li> <li>You like learning and proactively keeping up with new developer trends by reading books, watching videos, taking classes, or doing something similar.</li> <li>You possess a strong entrepreneurial drive and leadership skills.</li> <li>You’re excited about GraphQL and modern developer tooling and are interested in helping push the industry forward.</li> </ul><h3>Nice to Have</h3> <ul> <li>Degree in Computer Science or related field</li> <li>8+ years of experience in Product Management within the developer tooling space</li> <li>Direct experience with GraphQL, API middleware, or scaled API platforms.</li> <br> </ul>At Apollo, we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring consistency within the team in each country. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience, and our overall assessment of what we learned during the hiring process. We are open to hiring these positions at a Staff Product Manager to Sr. Staff level, based on fit. The accompanied salary range covers these levels. <br> In addition to the U.S. base salary range, we also provide equity and benefits. Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans and California residents can also choose from an additional 2 Kaiser medical plans. Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial. <br> Location: This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada. <br> Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce. <br> Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy <a href="https://www.apollographql.com/CCPA-Privacy-Notice-for-Employees.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br> E-Verify: Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit <a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/" target="_blank">E-Verify.</a>

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