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Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

Hex is a modern Data Workspace for teams. With Hex, Analysts and Data Scientists can explore, analyze, and visualize in collaborative notebooks, and then share their work as interactive data apps that anyone can use.

Hex

Employee count: 11-50

Salary: 198k-265k USD

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About the role

We are looking for experienced, backend-leaning product engineers to help expand the capabilities of our industry-leading AI analytics platform.

At Hex, we're deeply focused on building powerful, integrated AI features that augment and accelerate analytics workflows. The possibilities here are incredible, and we're uniquely positioned to reinvent how people think about understanding data.

In this role, you’ll work on a product team building complex workflows that increase the capabilities, reach, and ergonomics of Hex’s agentic analytics platform. We’re especially focused on features that enable Hex’s AI agent to operate across more customer segments and surface areas, including APIs, MCP, and command-line interfaces.

What you will do

Our backend product engineers work on features across the entire Hex application. Here are some example projects:

  • Build and extend Hex’s API and CLI to enable powerful, ergonomic workflows for our most sophisticated technical users
  • Design MCP server and client implementations to expand entry points into our capabilities
  • Design and implement a next-generation access control system, including role-based access control (RBAC), admin request/approval flows, and tiered admin roles that scale with complex organizations
  • Own full-stack product changes end-to-end, from backend policy enforcement to admin-facing workflows, ensuring these enterprise features are intuitive, reliable, and secure
  • Propose and implement well-architected, scalable systems in collaboration with the broader Hex team

About You

  • 5+ years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience
  • Skilled at building systems with high levels of complexity and intricate business logic
  • Deep interest and/or experience in developing state-of-the-art agentic workflows involving disparate systems and tools
  • Experience working in a remote-first team, with strong communication skills in that context
  • A passion for technical collaboration, including RFCs, code reviews, and architecture discussions
  • Hands-on familiarity with enterprise integrations: SSO, SCIM-based provisioning, audit logs, MFA, and delegated access
  • A strategic mindset that balances business and product goals with engineering excellence—you understand tradeoffs between user value and technical complexity and operate pragmatically
  • Willingness to make changes anywhere in the stack to drive impact

Our stack

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.


In addition to our unique culture, Hex proudly offers a competitive total rewards package, including but not limited to, market-benched salary & equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible paid time off.

The salary range for this role is: $198,000 - $265,000

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. Our Recruiting team will be able to provide more details during the interview process.

By submitting an application the candidate consents to the use of their personal information in accordance with the Hex Privacy policy: https://learn.hex.tech/docs/trust/privacy-policy.

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Salary: 198k-265k USD

Experience

5 years minimum

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United States +/- 0 hours

About Hex

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Hex is a modern Data Workspace for teams. With Hex, Analysts and Data Scientists can explore, analyze, and visualize in collaborative notebooks, and then share their work as interactive data apps that anyone can use. This gives Data teams new superpowers, breaks down silos, and empowers organizations to be truly data-driven. We are looking for folks who are excited to collaborate with us in shaping the technology, product, and culture of our growing team.

Employee benefits

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Home office budget

By default, we offer each hire a modern laptop and appropriate accessories, along with a stipend of up to $750 to configure a home and/or office workspace.

Flexible Paid Time Off

Our policy of flexible, unmetered paid time off is intended to provide employees the ability to spend time away from work without worrying about accrued days or penalties.

Generous health, vision, and dental

Hex covers 99% of premiums for employees, and 85% for dependents for our base plan (Anthem PPO Gold, in California; exact plans vary by state). Employees are free to opt into other plans but are responsible for the premium difference.

Professional development subsidy

At the end of the day, the success of every company is built on the strength of its team, which is why at Hex we make an explicit effort to support the professional development of the folks who work here. In service of this, Hex will contribute up to $500 annually towards professional development opportunities.

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Hex

Company size

11-50 employees

Founded in

2019

Chief executive officer

Barry McCardel

Employees live in

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