Hextechnologies

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

NYC or Remote (US) · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$221k-$349kDetected 14 days ago

TypeScriptPythonReactReduxExpressData StructuresAlgorithmsPostgreSQLRedisSnowflakeAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDGraphQL

About the role

The salary range for this role is: $221,250 - $348,500 The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we're open to.
Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process, taking into account factors like leaving room for growth, internal fairness & parity, your demonstrated skills, and the depth of your experience.

Evolve Hex's execution architecture - the graph-based system that compiles, plans, and runs user notebooks - including proposing and building entirely new compute components that support faster, smarter execution
Drive parallel execution strategies and caching approaches that reduce latency and minimize unnecessary round trips to external data warehouses
Collaborate across engineering and product to support new platform capabilities, such as building an internal query language that compiles to the appropriate dialect for any connected warehouse
Author and review technical proposals, and mentor engineers to implement ambitious designs effectively
Propose and roadmap long-term designs with clear milestones across quarters
A track record of solving difficult, large-scale systems design problems involving significant data and operational complexity - writing code and reviewing code of your teammates
The ability to move from abstract, vague problems to well-articulated, well-reasoned technical solutions - and to roadmap ambitious designs with clear milestones across quarters
This is a backend-heavy role with a focus on computation, performance, data systems design, and systems architecture.
You'll drive architectural decisions that compound over years, write the technical designs that shape how the team builds, and directly influence the long-term trajectory of Hex's compute platform - all while staying deeply hands-on in the codebase.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and cloud infrastructure
Some frontend experience - this is a backend-focused role, but a willingness to occasionally wire a feature all the way through is a plus
Our product is a web-based notebook and app authoring platform.
Our frontend is built with Typescript and React, using a combination of Apollo GraphQL and Redux for managing application state and data.
These tools help our team evaluate applications and verify applicant information.
All AI-generated recommendations are reviewed by a member of our recruiting team before any hiring decision is made.
10+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong focus on computation, performance, database/storage optimization, and systems architecture
Strong systems thinker with solid intuitions around storage, database performance, algorithms, and data structures

The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we're open to.
Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process, taking into account factors like leaving room for growth, internal fairness & parity, your demonstrated skills, and the depth of your experience.
$221,250 - $348,500

We are looking for a Staff or Principal-level software engineer to join our Compute team.
Instrument complex systems to surface and diagnose performance problems to give the team and our customers a much clearer picture of where time is being spent
We power a technical product that our customers trust to accurately retrieve data from their own systems to then efficiently execute polyglot backed analytics workflows.

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