Engineering Lead
Lead and hands-on manage a team building Hex's AI context platform for improving AI agent interactions with user data. Requires 4+ years full-stack engineering and 2+ years leading teams on complex AI/data products, with strong technical leadership and people management skills.
About the job
What you will do
- Lead a team working on Hex’s context platform
- Drive technical strategy, review designs, and directly contribute with hands-on work
- Serve as people manager for the engineers on the team, setting a high bar and empowering them to do their best work
- Recruit exceptional engineering talent
About You
- 4+ years of experience as a full-stack software engineer and 2+ years experience leading engineering teams working on complex, data-intensive, or AI-driven products and SaaS platforms
- Exceptional ability to identify and design the right technical abstractions to accelerate an ambitious and evolving product vision
- Deep curiosity for, and strong intuition about, state-of-the-art AI agent behavior and context systems
- Proven track record as a people manager, with experience building and operating product engineering teams
- Brings a clear playbook for building high-performing teams: setting clear technical standards, hiring and developing strong talent, and creating environments where extraordinary engineers can do their best work
- Deeply technical leader who is not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get hands-on when necessary
Location & Compensation
This is a full-time role... Salary range: $221,000-$295,000
Skills
Full Stack Development, AI Agents, Context Systems, Technical Strategy, People Management, Team Building, Talent Recruitment
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