# Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

**Company:** [Hex](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hex)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $198k – $265k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, Apollo Graphql, Express, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, AWS, SSO, SCIM, RBAC
**Posted:** 2026-04-09

> Backend-leaning product engineer building AI analytics platform features like APIs, CLI, MCP, and access control systems. Requires 5+ years experience with complex systems, enterprise integrations, and remote collaboration.

## Job Description

## 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.

## Compensation

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

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