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# Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Hex
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $198,750.0 - $265,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Admin Tools, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Security, Relational Databases, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Software Architecture, Redis, Software Engineering, TypeScript, WebSocket, Datadog, Data Logging, ReactJS, Backend, Build Management, Kubernetes, Free and Open-Source Software, Graphql, Data Management, Front End Software Development, React Redux, Api Design, Terraform
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-foundations-hex-technologies-7738112

## About the Role

Frontend experience is helpful for understanding end-to-end workflows, but this role is primarily backend-focused., * WebSockets and realtime communication infrastructure

Storage Frameworks

 * Postgres (schema design, query optimization, migrations)
 * S3, DynamoDB, Redis

Job & Workflow Systems

 * BullMQ and background job processing
 * Temporal or similar workflow orchestration systems

Internal Tooling

 * Internal admin tools for debugging, operations, and customer support, * 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
 * Familiarity with background job systems, queues, or workflow orchestration tools
 * Comfort operating and evolving production systems over time
 * Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
 * Strong communication skills and a collaborative, leverage-oriented mindset

Bonus Points

 * Experience with Python
 * Hands-on experience with GraphQL, WebSockets, BullMQ, or Temporal
 * Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, tracing, logging)
 * Background in data platforms, developer tools, or collaborative systems
 * Experience with frontend technologies (e.g. React, TypeScript) for end-to-end context
 * Open-source contributions, especially in backend or infrastructure projects

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help design, maintain, and evolve the core systems used across Hex. This role is centered on backend architecture and shared infrastructure, with responsibility for APIs, realtime communication, data access frameworks, job orchestration, and internal admin tooling.

You'll work closely with product engineering teams to understand their needs, then turn common patterns into robust, reusable systems. You'll help define standards, influence architecture, and raise the quality bar across the backend., * 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
 * Drive refactors, migrations, and system upgrades that reduce long-term complexity
 * Improve internal tooling to support debugging, operations, and customer-facing workflows
 * Mentor other engineers and contribute to strong engineering standards and practices, 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. On the backend, we also use Typescript to power an Express/Apollo GraphQL server that interacts with Postgres, Redis, and Kubernetes to manage our database and Python kernels. Our backend is tightly integrated with our infrastructure and CI/CD, where we use a combination of Terraform, Helm, and AWS to deploy and maintain our stack.


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