Cortex · 2 months ago
Lead Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expCortex is an enterprise Internal Developer Portal designed to enhance engineering excellence for clients like Blackstone and Xero. The Lead Backend Engineer will tackle complex technical challenges, focusing on the design, implementation, and maintenance of the backend systems that support the platform while collaborating closely with product and support teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer PlatformInformation TechnologyProductivity ToolsSoftware
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable, and efficient backend systems and services that meet enterprise requirements
Work alongside other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones
Optimize and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of existing backend systems
Participate in operating our systems in production, including Incident Response on a rotational basis
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices
Partner closely with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and our customers to better understand design requests and user experiences
Continually improve existing planning, development, deployment processes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience building backend applications using any modern programming language
Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing platforms
Experience with modern data storage solutions, such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc
Knowledge of current standard methodologies and to try, learn and adapt to new technologies and programming languages
Solid fundamental skills in data structures, algorithms, and web development best practices
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100%!)
Fully covered life insurance
$400 monthly perks stipend
$1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
401k plan
Pet Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Remote & flexible working hours
Gender-neutral parental leave
All-Company Retreats (previously San Diego, Miami, Austin, New York City)
Company
Cortex
AI-powered Internal Developer Portal that helps engineering teams deliver reliable, secure, efficient software, faster.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$112.65MKey Investors
Scale Venture PartnersIVPSequoia Capital
2024-09-04Series C· $60M
2023-05-31Series B· $35M
2021-11-18Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Anish Dhar
Cofounder & CEO
Nikhil Unni
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Recent News
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