Full-Time

Compute Technical Lead

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Hex Technologies

Hex Technologies

51-200 employees

Collaborative data analytics platform for teams

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$150.4k - $258.5kAnnually

Senior, Expert

San Francisco, CA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Remote in USA | New York, NY, USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • At least 6+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience working in a remote team, and able to operate and communicate effectively in this context
  • An ability to lead initiatives while collaborating and mentoring fellow engineers
Responsibilities
  • Work on evolving our compute architecture, including entirely new compute components that support our goal of providing ultra-fast execution by using the appropriate executors for the relevant query or operation
  • Refine our caching strategies to minimize return trips to data warehouses
  • Propose designs for extensions, improvements, or entirely new parts of our backend, and implement said designs
  • Collaborate with other teams to support new features — for example, building and exposing an internal query language that compiles to the appropriate dialect for any given connected warehouse
  • Mentor and help grow a team of high caliber backend engineers
Desired Qualifications
  • Bonus: 2+ years of management or tech lead-manager experience
  • Excited about making a product as fast as it can be
  • A strong eye for detail, and a desire to deeply understand what’s going on under the hood
  • An interest and desire to collaborate through technical RFCs, writing, and reviewing code
  • An instinct for strategic thinking and aligning with business and product goals while keeping a healthy balance of velocity and engineering excellence
  • Interest in the data space, and a love of shipping great products and building tools that empower end users to do more
  • Have a key interest in the latest compute, caching, and technological advances relevant to our field. Some things we’ve been interested in lately are DuckDB, SQLGlot, Calcite, Polars, etc.

Hex Technologies offers a collaborative data analytics platform that allows users to analyze data using SQL, Python, R, or no-code within a single notebook interface. The platform features built-in AI tools that assist in generating queries, creating visualizations, and conducting analyses, making it user-friendly for both technical and non-technical users. Unlike its competitors, Hex Technologies provides a freemium model and integrates with popular data tools, enhancing real-time collaboration and data sharing. The company's goal is to simplify the data analysis process, enabling teams to make informed business decisions more efficiently.

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$104.1M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-4%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Hex secured $52M in Series B funding from Snowflake and Databricks in 2023.
  • The platform's no-code workflows empower business users to explore data independently.
  • Hex's integration with Databricks and Snowflake enhances its data connectivity capabilities.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Mode Analytics and Dataiku in the collaborative data space.
  • Potential over-reliance on partnerships with Snowflake and Databricks.
  • Rapid AI advancements may outpace Hex's current technological offerings.

What makes Hex Technologies unique

  • Hex integrates SQL, Python, R, and no-code in a single notebook interface.
  • The platform offers real-time collaboration and version control for data teams.
  • Hex's AI tools generate queries, code, and visualizations for non-technical users.

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Benefits

Competitive salary & equity

Health, vision, & dental

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

401k matching up to 4%

Workstation + learning & development stipends