Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

What you will do:

Evolve Hex’s execution architecture — the graph-based system that compiles, plans, and runs user notebooks — including proposing and building entirely new compute components that support faster, smarter execution
Drive parallel execution strategies and caching approaches that reduce latency and minimize unnecessary round trips to external data warehouses
Instrument complex systems to surface and diagnose performance problems to give the team and our customers a much clearer picture of where time is being spent
Collaborate across engineering and product to support new platform capabilities, such as building an internal query language that compiles to the appropriate dialect for any connected warehouse
Author and review technical proposals, and mentor engineers to implement ambitious designs effectively
Propose and roadmap long-term designs with clear milestones across quarters

About You:

10+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong focus on computation, performance, database/storage optimization, and systems architecture
Experience with parallel execution strategies, caching strategies, and the trade-offs involved in remote data warehouse computation. Strong systems thinker with solid intuitions around storage, database performance, algorithms, and data structures
A track record of solving difficult, large-scale systems design problems involving significant data and operational complexity — writing code and reviewing code of your teammates
The ability to move from abstract, vague problems to well-articulated, well-reasoned technical solutions — and to roadmap ambitious designs with clear milestones across quarters
A strong communicator; comfortable leading technical work and collaborating across a remote-first team
Python and/or TypeScript required; experience with both is a plus

ice to have:

Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and cloud infrastructure
Some frontend experience — this is a backend-focused role, but a willingness to occasionally wire a feature all the way through is a plus