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# Staff Software Engineer - Trust and Telemetry

- **Company:** Apollo
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Audit Trail, Code Review, Relational Databases, Software Design Documents, Distributed Systems, Node.Js, OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, TypeScript, Datadog, Data Logging, Backend, Api Design
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-trust-and-telemetry-apollo-graphql-8613894

## About the Role

* Material, hands-on experience building auth systems: OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SSO, token or credential management, RBAC/ABAC or fine-grained permissions, or audit logging
 * Track record of leading multi-quarter or cross-team technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical direction
 * 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

## Description

As a Staff 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.

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.