Software Engineer, Foundations

Hex
San Francisco
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 150,400 - 258,500 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Typescript","Node.js","SQL","GraphQL","WebSockets","PostgreSQL","Redis","DynamoDB","BullMQ","Temporal","Kubernetes","AWS"]

Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, maintain, and evolve core shared infrastructure and backend systems across Hex. Focus on APIs, realtime communication, data access frameworks, job orchestration, and internal tooling; collaborate with product teams to turn recurring needs into robust abstractions while improving reliability, performance, observability, and security.

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Hex
Hex
6 months ago

Software Engineer, Foundations

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, maintain, and evolve core shared infrastructure and backend systems across Hex. Focus on APIs, realtime communication, data access frameworks, job orchestration, and internal tooling; collaborate with product teams to turn recurring needs into robust abstractions while improving reliability, performance, observability, and security.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build backend frameworks and services used across the company
  • •Own and evolve critical shared systems, including APIs, realtime transport, and job orchestration
  • •Improve reliability, performance, observability, and security of foundational backend infrastructure
  • •Partner with product teams to turn recurring needs into shared abstractions
  • •Lead technical design discussions and help set architectural direction

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,400 - 258,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend focus
  • •Experience working with Typescript/Node.js and SQL
  • •Experience building and maintaining shared backend systems or frameworks used by multiple teams
  • •Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows
  • •Experience working with relational databases and data modeling at scale
Experience:5+ yearsBackendDistributed systemsWebReal-time
Skills:TypescriptNode.jsSQLGraphQLWebSocketsPostgreSQLRedisDynamoDBBullMQTemporalKubernetesAWS
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypescriptNode.jsGraphQLWebSocketsPostgreSQLRedisDynamoDBBullMQTemporalAWSKubernetesTerraformHelmReactReduxExpress

Company Brief

Hex
Builds a collaborative data workspace that combines notebooks, dashboards, and SQL to help data teams explore, analyze, and share insights faster across organizations.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2020
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