Engineering Lead

Hex•San Francisco, CA

1d•$236,000 - $339,250•Onsite

About The Position

Hex is hiring a hands-on engineering manager to lead the strategy, execution, and growth of its AI context platform. The platform is central to Hex’s aim of improving its AI experience with use: it helps users understand how AI agents interact with their data, identify quality issues, and improve the context that drives better outcomes. The team is creating a development lifecycle for context that combines human insight with automated learning and iteration, while addressing challenges in agent-reasoning failure detection and debugging, business-context management, human-in-the-loop and autonomous improvement, and integration with AI-powered tools and workflows. This full-time role is based in Hex’s San Francisco office. Employees are encouraged to work from the office at least twice a week, with Tuesdays and Thursdays as the main in-person days. The salary range is $236,000–$339,250. Hex also offers equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible paid time off. Salary placement depends on factors including location, skills, experience, growth opportunity, and internal fairness and parity.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer.
At least 2 years of experience leading engineering teams working on complex, data-intensive, or AI-driven products and SaaS platforms.
Exceptional ability to identify and design technical abstractions that accelerate an ambitious, evolving product vision.
Deep curiosity about and strong intuition for state-of-the-art AI agent behavior and context systems.
Proven track record as a people manager, including experience building and operating product engineering teams.
Ability to set clear technical standards, hire and develop strong talent, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
Strong technical leadership and willingness to contribute hands-on when necessary.

Responsibilities

Lead a team working on Hex’s context platform.
Drive technical strategy, review designs, and contribute hands-on.
Manage the team’s engineers, set a high bar, and empower them to do their best work.
Recruit exceptional engineering talent.