221K–349K USD / year
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)
BackendRemote — US
Published on 2026-07-08
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About this role
Hex is looking for a Staff or Principal-level software engineer to join their Compute team, focusing on performance, data systems design, and systems architecture. The role involves evolving execution architecture, driving execution strategies, and collaborating on new platform capabilities.
About the company
Hex is a collaborative analytics notebook platform for SQL and Python workflows. It helps data teams explore data, build analyses, and share interactive results with stakeholders.
The team
Compute team
Stack
PythonTypeScriptPostgresRedisKubernetesAWS
What you'll do
- Evolve execution architecture and build new compute components
- Drive parallel execution strategies and caching approaches
- Instrument complex systems for performance diagnostics
- Collaborate across engineering and product for platform capabilities
- Author and review technical proposals
- Propose and roadmap long-term designs
What we're looking for
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong focus on computation and performance
- Experience with parallel execution and caching strategies
- Ability to articulate technical solutions and roadmaps
- Strong communication skills
- Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker
- Some frontend experience
Benefits
- Market-bench salary & equity
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible paid time off