Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cortex is an Engineering Operations Platform that helps organizations improve operational maturity and reduce developer friction. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend to design, implement, and maintain core backend systems while collaborating with product and support teams.
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
Skills
- 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 Equity Package
- National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!)
- Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours
- 401k plan
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
- $400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything)
- Pet Insurance
Company Overview
The Engineering Operations Platform that enables teams to improve their operational maturity and reduce developer friction. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.cortex.io.Company H1B Sponsorship
Cortex has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.