Is the "Senior Software Engineer - Trust and Telemetry" position at Apollo GraphQL fully remote?

Yes, this is a remote position, open to candidates in Canada, United States.

How do I apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Trust and Telemetry position at Apollo GraphQL?

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Senior Software Engineer - Trust and Telemetry

Apollo GraphQL·Remote(United States or Canada (remote))

Software Development

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on TnT, you'll take real ownership of features and systems across both domains. You'll work closely with product, design, and partner engineering teams to ship meaningful improvements to enterprise customers. WHAT YOU'LL DO In this role, you will: - 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.

The Trust & Telemetry team is organized around two domains: Telemetry: We surface usage, performance, and schema insights that help teams safely evolve and scale their graphs. This means owning the pipelines, APIs, and UX that translate raw telemetry data into actionable visibility. Trust: We own identity, access management, and auditing for GraphOS. From OAuth and SSO to fine-grained role-based tokens and audit logs, we make sure the right people can do the right things—and that there's a record when they do. WHO YOU ARE — MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - 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 NICE TO HAVE - Familiarity with GraphQL, GraphOS, or API gateways - Experience with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or enterprise SSO flows - Experience with IAM systems, RBAC/ABAC models, or audit logging - Familiarity with AI agents, tool/function calling, or agentic middleware - Experience with cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, containers, service meshes) - Background in security engineering, compliance tooling, or enterprise identity ABOUT APOLLO Whether you binge-watch a series on Netflix, plan faraway vacations from your phone, or read international news online, you've likely used Apollo's technology this week. Apollo supports some of the largest GraphQL platforms in the world. We're not looking to rest on our laurels though — we're aiming to change how software is built. Apollo wants to empower every software team to build an amazing user experience across any number of clients, without dealing with a barrage of API endpoints. Apollo is intent on becoming the company where you can see your career grow through challenging work, collaborating with incredible teammates, and accomplishing the unattainable. Compensation &

Benefits

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. 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.

Location

This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in the US or Canada (Canada has a different compensation range).

Equal Opportunity

Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce. Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy here https://www.apollographql.com/CCPA-Privacy-Notice-for-Employees.pdf. 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 E-Verify https://www.e-verify.gov.

How to Stand Out

Show concrete experience with GraphQL + OAuth/SSO flows: In your résumé or a short project repo, highlight a production‑grade GraphQL service you built that integrates SAML or OpenID Connect (e.g., using `passport‑azure-ad`, `auth0`, or `oauth2‑server`). Include a README that explains the authentication architecture, token‑validation logic, and how you handled edge cases like token revocation—Apollo’s interviewers will probe this to assess “real ownership” of the TnT OAuth sub‑domain.
Demonstrate end‑to‑end telemetry pipelines: Build a lightweight demo (≤ 10 k LOC) that ingests custom events from a Node/TypeScript microservice, ships them to a Kafka topic, processes them with a small Go consumer, and visualizes them in Grafana/Prometheus. Publish the code on GitHub and write a design doc (1‑2 pages) summarizing schema decisions, back‑pressure handling, and rollback strategy. Bring this doc to the interview; it proves you can “design, implement, test, deploy, and monitor” like the role demands.
Highlight observability‑first mindset: Prepare a short case study (blog post or slide deck) describing a past incident where you added structured logging, distributed tracing (e.g., OpenTelemetry), and automated alerting to reduce MTTR. Emphasize metrics you defined, the rollout plan (canary, feature flag), and how you used post‑mortems to improve reliability—exactly the “enterprise reliability” criteria Apollo evaluates.
Contribute to an Apollo‑related open‑source project: Submit a PR to `apollo-server`, `apollo-client`, or the `apollo-tracing` repo that adds a small feature or bug fix (e.g., improving error handling in SSO redirects). Reference this contribution in your application and be ready to discuss the code review process; Apollo values candidates who already understand their ecosystem and can collaborate across product and partner teams.
Prepare a data‑driven salary negotiation package: Research 2024 senior software engineer compensation for remote U.S./Canada roles at GraphQL‑focused companies (e.g., Apollo, Hasura, Prisma). Compile a one‑page spreadsheet with base, RSU, and bonus ranges, and annotate your unique “telemetry + security” expertise. During the offer stage, anchor the discussion on the high‑impact sub‑domains you’ll own and request a sign‑on RSU grant that aligns with Apollo’s typical senior‑level equity band.

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