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 doOur 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
- 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 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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Hands-on familiarity with enterprise integrations: SSO, SCIM-based provisioning, audit logs, MFA, delegated access
- Experience designing and implementing access control systems including RBAC and admin approval flows
- Experience building secure, developer-friendly public APIs
- Ability to own full-stack product changes from backend policy enforcement to admin-facing workflows
- Experience working in a remote-first team with strong remote communication skills
- Passion for technical collaboration, including RFCs, code reviews, and architecture discussions
- Strategic mindset balancing business/product goals with engineering excellence
- Willingness to make changes anywhere in the stack to deliver impact
- Ability to lead initiatives while mentoring and collaborating with fellow engineers
- Deep interest in the data space and shipping user-focused products
Hex Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave with an extended period for gestational parents, a flexible return‑to‑work approach, and family‑planning support via Carrot (including a stated $10,000 lifetime benefit) are clearly detailed. Feedback suggests these policies stand out for a startup and meaningfully support new and growing families.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is explicitly listed, alongside mental‑health support and FSA options. Feedback suggests the breadth of coverage is strong for a growth‑stage company, though exact cost shares should be confirmed in the offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited/flexible PTO, paid holidays and sick days, and a remote‑friendly model with hub‑based co‑location are emphasized across public materials. Feedback suggests this flexibility can support work‑life balance when team norms enable real usage.
Hex Insights
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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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.
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