Convex Platform ArchitectIt's not sufficient for Convex to be the best platform for agentic development, it also has to be the best platform for building agentic applications too, all while maintaining strong architectural principles that lead to applications that stay simple, correct, and secure over time. Architecting this platform is still the domain of very talented humans, and we want you to be one of them.Convex has assembled a team of engineers who have built and designed some of the largest platforms in the world, with exabytes of data, millions of transactions per second, and shipped desktop and mobile software onto billions of devices. We are a group of friendly, collaborative, and passionate people that love working in-person together in our office in San Francisco.
We hire primarily in SF but have a few experienced folks working remotely in certain situations.The RoleWe have a lot of work to do. The projects involve range from small ergonomic tweaks to make agentic development seamless, large structural changes like branching and automatic performance optimization of Convex projects, and keeping on top of and ahead of technological shifts in the industry.The ideal candidate would be an excellent engineer with the good taste to invest in developing composable APIs and abstractions while also being high energy and enthusiastic about working on a broad product surface area. If you're a former founder, an engineer straddling both product and infrastructure, or a junior engineer excited to learn a ton while working with a truly world-class team, this is for you.What You'll DoWork across our APIs, plugins, and AI framework integrations to make Convex the best platform for building agentic apps and agents.Stay close to how developers are actually building with Convex, identify gaps, and own fixing them.Be self-directed to prioritize the right projects to work on, in close collaboration with our Head of AI Ergonomics, the engineering team, and CTO (hi!
this is me, James).Strengthen the case that Convex is the best platform for agentic development, through demos, examples, and working directly with customers.Write a bunch of cool code at the frontier of how AI apps get built.What Excites UsExperience building developer-facing products, APIs, or tooling.Strong instincts for what makes a developer tool feel right to use.Genuine curiosity about how AI is changing the way software gets built.Experience or enthusiasm for scaling in a high growth startup environment.Interest in working in-person at Convex's office in SF, or have experience working remotely and be highly self-directed.Ability to write high quality code (TypeScript experience a plus).An enthusiasm for going deep to understand Convex systems and not be constrained to a certain layer of the stack.*The salary range for this full-time position is > $170,000 + equity + benefits