Software Engineer, AI Agent

Posted Yesterday
2 Locations
Hybrid
199K-295K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
Hex empowers thousands of people to ask & answer new questions of data, and seamlessly share the results with everyone.
The Role
Build AI-powered features and scalable agent infrastructure for Hex’s data analytics platform. Partner with research and product engineering teams on context, model prompting, experimentation tooling, and platform integration. Lead major product initiatives, develop performant web experiences, maintain high standards for testing and correctness, and mentor engineers. The role involves full-stack development across React, TypeScript, GraphQL, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and data systems.
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About Hex

Hex is growing our team of builders on a mission to make everyone a data person. Our platform solves key pain points with today’s data and analytics tooling, and empowers anyone to explore data using natural language, with or without code, on trusted context. Thousands of customers like Ramp, Figma, Stubhub, Anthropic, and Gamma love Hex for our beautiful UI, agentic superpowers, and boundless flexibility.

Hex has raised over $100M from leading investors like Sequoia, a16z, Snowflake and Amplify. With office hubs in San Francisco and New York, as well as remote team members throughout the US and UK, we’re a high-agency team that ships fast and has fun doing it. Check out our Intro to Hex video and employee handbook to learn more about what it’s like to work at Hex.

About the role

We are looking for senior and staff-level fullstack engineers eager to join the team building our leading Magic AI features.

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 re-invent the way people think about understanding data.

In this role, you’ll take the lead on building AI-powered features into Hex, partnering closely with our Research team on context and model prompting, and the rest of our product engineering teams on integrating into the platform. The fruits of your work will fundamentally change the way that many thousands of people work with data, and give you a front-row seat to the most exciting technological shift in our lifetimes. As part of our Agent Platform team, you’ll own the scalable agent infrastructure powering today’s most powerful data agents, as well as the cutting-edge experimentation tooling that allows the rest of the team to rapidly deliver new AI features in the product.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:
  • At least 4+ years of software engineering experience.

  • Proficiency with React and Typescript in addition to knowledge around architecture and systems design. 

  • Experience leading and executing on major product initiatives.

  • Excitement for getting your hands dirty and diving deep into how the browser works to develop high-quality and performant user experiences.

  • An aptitude for how web infrastructure works to develop high-quality internal developer and external user experiences.

  • An instinct for strategic thinking and aligning with business and product goals while keeping a healthy balance of velocity and engineering excellence.

  • Interest in the data space, and a love of shipping great products and building tools that empower end users to do more.

  • Experience maintaining a high quality bar for design, correctness, and testing.

  • An ability to lead product initiatives while collaborating and mentoring fellow engineers.

  • Curiosity and an interest in diving into the bigger picture of building a company, including go-to-market, customer development, people, and marketing.

This role will be hybrid (1-2 days per week) based out of our San Francisco, California headquarters or NYC office. 

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.

The salary range for this role is: $198,750 - $295,000

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 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.

Skills Required

  • At least 4 years of software engineering experience
  • Proficiency with React and TypeScript
  • Knowledge of architecture and systems design
  • Experience leading and executing major product initiatives
  • Ability to develop high-quality, performant user experiences and understand browser behavior
  • Understanding of web infrastructure
  • Strategic thinking and ability to align engineering work with business and product goals
  • Interest in data and building tools that empower end users
  • Experience maintaining high standards for design, correctness, and testing
  • Ability to lead product initiatives while collaborating with and mentoring engineers
  • Curiosity about go-to-market, customer development, people, and marketing

Hex Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Official materials and benefits profiles consistently reference comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with mental-health support and FSAs also noted. Some listings additionally cite very high employer premium contributions on the base plan.
  • Parental & Family Support — Benefits information highlights fully paid parental leave (e.g., 12 weeks, or 16 for the gestational parent) with flexible return-to-work support. Family-planning benefits such as Carrot with a quoted lifetime allowance are also described.
  • Retirement Support — Multiple profiles note a 401(k) with a company match (commonly cited up to 4%). This retirement support is presented as part of a broader market-benchmarked total-rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
160 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Hex is changing the way people work with data. Our platform makes analytics workflows more powerful, collaborative, and shareable. Hex solves key pain points with today's data and analytics tooling, and is loved by thousands of users all over the world for the beautiful UI, new superpowers, and boundless flexibility. We are a tight-knit crew of engineers, designers, and data aficionados. Our roadmap is full of big ideas and little details, and we would love your help bringing them to life. Hex has raised over $100m from great VCs and angels, giving us many years of runway and the ability to pay competitive salaries, offer great benefits, and provide meaningful equity.

Why Work With Us

We’re a team of builders. We spend our days designing and developing beautiful products, growing and supporting our user base, and helping each other succeed and learn. To do that, we've developed a culture focused on quality, craft, and speed -- with very few meetings, bias toward action, and taking care of each other through feedback and support.

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Hex Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We have a truly hybrid workforce, with many employees working fully remotely, and others coming into one of our two offices (SF or NYC) 2-3 days per week.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQSan Francisco, CA
New York, NY
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