Principal Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Principal Engineer at Apollo, you'll be a technical leader who helps shape our engineering culture, directly advising senior & 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.

In Short

• Create solutions that deliver direct impact for customers and drive business growth
• Propose ideas that create business value through technical insight and vision in the GraphQL ecosystem
• Ensure operational excellence and resilience across GraphOS systems
• Serve as a key technical partner to stakeholders
• Develop resilient, scalable systems and optimize existing components of GraphOS
• Lead and participate in technical forums to elevate design and architecture practices
• Transform complex concepts into achievable deliverables that address customer needs
• Engage with thought leaders in the GraphQL and API platform ecosystem
• Support the growth of the team by helping to identify, interview, and recruit top engineering talent
• Collaborate with engineering management to build maintainable and secure GraphOS components

Requirements

• Experience designing, building, and operating high scale distributed systems
• Background in API design, platforms, or frameworks
• Strong product and customer mindset
• Ability to make technical decisions with long-term impact
• Success in collaborating across teams
• Effective communication skills with various audiences

Benefits

• Opportunity to influence company-wide priorities and innovations
• Work with diverse teams and perspectives
• Engage with leading companies and technologies
• Be part of a transformative journey in software development
• Mentorship opportunities for career growth