Lead Backend Engineer, Cortex
$185-250k
+ Equity
Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
Open for applications
Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$185-250k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to join our team and help us build a new category of developer tooling. As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will be solving deeply technical problems and diving into scalability issues. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the core backend systems that power Cortex while working closely with the product and support engineering teams
- 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
- 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
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, Dental & Vision
- Remote first
- Unlimited PTO
- Monthly stipend
- Bi-quarterly Company Offsites
- Monthly Regional Events
- Gender neutral parental leave
- Learning & Development Stipend
- Pet Insurance
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2024
$60m
SERIES C
May 2023
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $112.7m
Our take
Cortex is tackling the challenges faced by engineering teams and SREWs working with microservices. Its software platform gives companies the visibility and control they need over their microservices and cloud infrastructure, making it easier to develop and manage the applications and services they build.
To meet the growing demand for more services, Cortex launched the Cortex Resource Catalog, expanding the platform's ability to manage more assets. With a rapidly growing customer base that includes companies like Dobe, Brex, Grammarly, Palo Alto Networks, and SoFi, Cortex is providing the flexibility these businesses need to create innovative new use cases.
Backed by funding from Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, Cortex is set to enhance the platform further. With plans to improve features based on user feedback, build better tools to support new teams and developers, and expand its reach globally. These efforts position Cortex for continued growth and innovation in the evolving microservices and cloud infrastructure space.
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