Is Retool a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Retool have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 26 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Retool employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Retool now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Retool .

Does Retool pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Retool with 3.1 out of 5 stars based on 26 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 14.9% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Retool.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Retool?

57% of Software Engineer employees at Retool would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 40% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Retool with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.8 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.6 rating for career opportunities.

What Retool locations are top rated by Software Engineer employees?

San Francisco is the top rated Retool location by Software Engineer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Retool?

Software Engineer (26) , Sales (7) , Sales Engineer (5) , Support Engineer (4) , Associate Sales Engineer (3) , Engineer (3) , Technical Account Manager (TAM) (3) , Account Executive (2) , Anonymous (2) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (2) , Enterprise Account Executive (2) , Marketing (2) , Product Manager (2) , Recruiter (2) , Recruiting (2)

What are the pros of working at Retool according to real employee reviews?

"People and product are both great" ((in 22 reviews)); "Transparent leadership" ((in 11 reviews)); "Great team; really smart and ambitious people who really care about creating strong working relationships." ((in 9 reviews)); "extremely smart colleagues" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Retool according to real employee reviews?

"Our manager is kind and well" ((in 7 reviews)); "leadership team is all white, mostly male (CEO is Asian male, however)" ((in 4 reviews)); "Lots of leadership turnover as the company constantly reassesses what it wants to be" ((in 3 reviews)); "The lack of open communication seriously stifles creativity and fosters a toxic work environment full of projects that go nowhere." ((in 3 reviews))

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3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

David Hsu

26% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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4.4

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Retool with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Retool is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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26 reviews

5.0

Jun 23, 2026

Transition period

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast pace, with plenty of opportunity to work with modern tooling, supportive culture, and solid engineers

Cons

Retool’s in the middle of a transformation into the world of AI-driven app building and it’s caused its fair share of attrition. But, at least there’s strong buy-in across the company at this point

5.0

Apr 27, 2026

Great work culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High ownership environment, excellent people

Cons

The company is moving much faster than it used to and in the process causing a decent amount of fud

1.0

Apr 21, 2026

Interesting work, poor work environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of interesting technical problems to work on Existing product was innovative at the time and still has lots of mind share,

Cons

Impossible to get traction with the rate of turnover. Lots of organizational chaos, pretty bad work environment

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