Full-Time

Senior Staff Product Manager

Developer Experience

Posted on 5/8/2024

Apollo Graph

Apollo Graph

201-500 employees

Tools for managing and optimizing GraphQL

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

$166k - $260kAnnually

Senior

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: Remote in Canada

Remote position that can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Category
Product Management
Product Strategy
Product
Required Skills
Product Management
GraphQL
Requirements
  • You have successfully led product development lifecycles and technical product management, ideally with developer platforms and infrastructure or similar B2B products.
  • You have experience or knowledge of developer ecosystems, or onboarding and growth.
  • You like learning and proactively keeping up with new developer trends by reading books, watching videos, taking classes, or doing something similar.
  • You possess a strong entrepreneurial drive and leadership skills.
  • Direct experience with GraphQL, API middleware, or scaled API platforms.
Responsibilities
  • Define and drive Apollo’s vision and strategy for the GraphOS developer ecosystem.
  • Build and evangelize a roadmap for these products across internal and external stakeholders. Develop and validate new GraphOS capabilities directly with industry-leading customers, such as Netflix, Paypal, Wayfair, Peloton, The New York Times, and many others.
  • Own and evolve Apollo’s user experience across various product surfaces and touchpoints, from administrative tools to API interfaces and command-line tools to third-party integrations.
  • You’re excited about GraphQL and modern developer tooling and are interested in helping push the industry forward.

Apollo GraphQL provides tools and services for developers to manage and optimize GraphQL, a data query language for APIs. Their main product, the Apollo Graph Platform, includes features like Apollo Explorer for saving and sharing GraphQL operations, Apollo Federation for creating a unified graph from multiple services, and Apollo Router for high-performance federation runtime. Apollo also offers Contracts, which allow users to create customized graphs for different audiences. The company serves a wide range of clients, from individual developers to large corporations in industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. Unlike many competitors, Apollo focuses on enhancing the efficiency and performance of GraphQL implementations, offering a mix of subscription-based plans and enterprise solutions. The goal of Apollo GraphQL is to streamline API management processes for developers, making it easier to integrate and manage data across various applications.

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$178.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2016

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

-1%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Apollo's GraphOS update enhances observability and performance for enterprise-scale GraphQL federation.
  • Apollo Connectors simplify transitioning from REST to GraphQL, broadening its user base.
  • Apollo's CNCF membership boosts visibility and collaboration in the cloud-native community.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from GraphQL providers like Hasura and Prisma is intensifying.
  • Over-reliance on GraphQL could be risky if its adoption slows.
  • Rapid API management advancements may outpace Apollo's current offerings.

What makes Apollo Graph unique

  • Apollo GraphQL specializes in optimizing GraphQL, a leading data query language.
  • Apollo's GraphOS provides a unique abstraction layer for API complexity.
  • Apollo Federation unifies multiple GraphQL services into a single schema.

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Benefits

Flexible working hours

PTO

401k

Medical, dental, vision, life, & disability insurance

Generous parental leave

Coffee chats & team lunches

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