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Convex · 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Infra/Systems

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Convex is transforming the way developers build applications, aiming to empower them to create fast, reliable, and dynamic apps without a backend team. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining Convex’s global cloud infrastructure while ensuring the performance and reliability of systems at scale.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Convex’s global cloud infrastructure
Investigate and improve the performance and reliability of our systems
Be self-directed to prioritize the right projects to work on, in close collaboration with the engineering team and CTO (hi! this is me, James)
Help establish good practices and reliability guidelines as we scale up our team and systems
Write a bunch of cool systems and database code
Occasionally put up with James asking if there’s a simpler more elegant solution to a problem

Qualification

Backend engineeringDistributed systemsSystems designOperational practicesHigh quality codeRustLive-site experienceSimplicityTenacity

Required

5+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating infrastructure with a deep knowledge of systems at scale
Good understanding of best practices for systems design, operational practices, and managing services
Experience scaling in a high growth startup environment
Interest to work in-person at Convex's office in SF
Ability to write high quality code (knowledge of Rust is a plus)
An enthusiasm for going deep to understand Convex systems and not be constrained to a certain layer of the stack

Benefits

Equity
Benefits

Company

Convex

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Convex is a serverless infrastructure company that has built the global state management platform for web developers.
dateFounded in 2020
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://convex.dev

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$53.6M
Key Investors
Jamstack Innovation FundAndreessen HorowitzNeo
2025-11-12Series A· $24M
2022-07-12Series Unknown· $0.1M
2022-04-27Series A· $26M

Leadership Team

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Jamie Turner
Co-Founder / CEO
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James Cowling
Co-Founder / CTO
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Recent News

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Onex-AIG buyout of Convex, ESPN-NFL deal approved by Brazil agency
2025-12-22
Global Trade Review
Insurer Convex bought by AIG and Onex in US$7bn deal
2025-11-04
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Onex Partners announces sale of Convex to Onex Corporation, AIG
2025-10-31
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