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Full Stack Software Engineer
We're an early-stage startup building a SaaS platform combining data infrastructure, pipelines, and AI agents for [power systems / your domain]. Small...
Ashby
Ashby is the all-in-one recruiting platform powering hiring at the world's most innovative companies. If you cmd+f "Ashby" you'll see that we're power...
Distru (https://www.distru.com)
Distru is the #1 ERP in the cannabis industry, $3B in annual sales flows through our platform, and most of the top cannabis brands and distributors in...
Offstream (YC S24)
Offstream is building the infrastructure for the environmental compliance market, think compliance software meeting real-world industrial hardware. We...
Odin
Odin is the workforce visibility and compliance platform for critical infrastructure. We protect the world's largest construction projects, data cente...
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GraphQL has become the modern standard for API development, offering a flexible query language that lets clients request exactly the data they need. Developed by Meta and now governed by the GraphQL Foundation, it solves common REST API problems like over-fetching and under-fetching of data. Companies hire GraphQL developers for building efficient API layers, integrating multiple data sources, and creating developer-friendly APIs for frontend and mobile teams. GraphQL developers work with schema design, resolvers, subscriptions for real-time data, and tools like Apollo Server, Hasura, or Relay. The technology is particularly valuable in microservices architectures where it serves as an aggregation layer. GraphQL developer salaries typically reflect full-stack or backend roles ranging from $95k to $165k+. Organizations adopt GraphQL to improve frontend developer productivity, reduce network requests, and provide type-safe APIs. Companies like GitHub, Shopify, Twitter, and Airbnb have adopted GraphQL for their public and internal APIs. LeetHire helps GraphQL-experienced developers find positions at API-driven companies through anonymous hiring.
Learn both. REST is still the most common API pattern, but GraphQL is growing in adoption. Understanding both makes you versatile. GraphQL is particularly valuable for complex frontend applications that need flexible data fetching.
GraphQL excels when you have multiple frontend clients with different data needs, complex data relationships, or need to aggregate data from multiple services. For simple CRUD APIs with single consumers, REST may be simpler.
GraphQL expertise typically adds $5k-$15k to base backend or full-stack salaries. Combined with Node.js or Python, GraphQL developers earn $95k to $165k+. Architects designing GraphQL federation systems command the highest compensation.