Engineering Lead

Paraform, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Hex is seeking a hands-on engineering manager to drive the strategy, execution, and growth of its AI context platform. You will lead a dedicated team, contribute with hands-on work, and shape the technical direction to deliver robust, scalable context solutions.

In this role you will recruit top engineers, foster a high‑bar engineering culture, and partner with product and research to align roadmaps with impact.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading engineering teams
• Experience shipping large-scale platforms
• Excellent communication and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Lead a team working on Hex’s context platform
• Drive technical strategy, review designs, and contribute hands-on
• Serve as people manager for the engineers on the team, setting a high bar
• Recruit exceptional engineering talent

Skills

Hands-on leadership

People management

Technical strategy

Recruiting

Software architecture

Tools

Git

Jira

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a hands‑on engineering manager to drive the strategy, execution, and growth of Hex’s state‑of‑the‑art AI context platform.

Our ambition is simple but powerful: Hex should get better every time you use it. With tens of thousands of people relying on Hex daily to do deep analytical work, we are uniquely positioned to learn from usage and continuously improve the intelligence of our system.

The context platform is at the heart of this vision. It is the surface area where users can understand how AI agents interact with their data, identify where quality falls short, and actively improve the context that drives better outcomes. We are building an entirely new development lifecycle for context, one that blends human insight with automated learning and iteration.

The broader AI landscape is evolving quickly, and our team is tackling foundational questions such as how to detect and debug failures in agent reasoning, how to structure and manage business context effectively, how to balance human‑in‑the‑loop systems with autonomous improvement, and how to integrate our context layer with the growing ecosystem of AI‑powered tools and workflows.

What you will do:

• Lead a team working on Hex’s context platform

• Drive technical strategy, review designs, and directly contribute with hands‑on work

• Serve as people manager for the engineers on the team, setting a high bar and empowering them to do their best work

• Recruit exceptional engineering talent