Software Engineer, Foundations

Skills

About the Role

This role focuses on backend architecture and shared infrastructure used across Hex, including APIs, realtime communication, data access frameworks, job orchestration, and internal admin tooling.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend focus
• Experience 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 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, preferably AWS
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, leverage-oriented mindset

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
• Drive refactors, migrations, and system upgrades that reduce long-term complexity
• Improve internal tooling for debugging, operations, and customer-facing workflows
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to strong engineering standards and practices

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible paid time off