Senior Software Engineer – Trust and Telemetry

Apollo GraphQL

Senior Software Engineer responsible for Trust and Telemetry components for Apollo. Collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams to enhance enterprise reliability.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $165,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building reliable backend services, with a strong focus on distributed systems, API development, and observability. Proficient in modern backend programming languages and experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

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Backend Service DevelopmentDistributed Systems FundamentalsAPI and Data Model DesignProficiency in TypeScript/Node, Go, Rust, or JavaObservability Tooling Familiarity

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Hard Skills

Backend Service DevelopmentDistributed Systems FundamentalsAPI DevelopmentData Model DesignTypeScriptNodeGoRustJavaRelational Databases

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Observability ToolingMetricsTracingLogging

Industry Keywords

OAuthSSOTelemetry IngestionIncremental DeliveryOn-CallIncident ResponsePostmortems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaNode.jsRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own a TnT subdomain: Take technical responsibility for a component—whether it's our OAuth/SSO flows, audit logging infrastructure, telemetry ingestion pipelines, or fine-grained permissions model.
Drive features end-to-end: Write design docs, get alignment, implement, test, deploy, and monitor your work in production.
Build for enterprise reliability: Design with observability, rollback paths, and incremental delivery in mind. Participate in on-call and postmortems.
Collaborate across functions: Work directly with Product and Design to scope and prioritize work. Communicate clearly and async-first.
Grow as an engineer: Contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and technical standards. Receive and give constructive feedback within the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience designing and building backend services in production
Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency, failure modes, and resiliency patterns
Experience building APIs and data models that other teams or customers depend on
Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (TypeScript/Node, Go, Rust, Java, or similar)
Experience with relational databases and at least one of: key-value, document, or time-series stores
Hands-on ownership of services in production: on-call, incident response, postmortems
Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, tracing, logging) and SLOs
Strong written and verbal communication, especially for design docs and async collaboration
Ability to work with Product and Design to define scope, trade-offs, and delivery increments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans
California residents can also choose from an additional 2 Kaiser medical plans
Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial
Includes equity and benefits