Convex
Software Engineer, AI
About this role
Convex is hiring a Software Engineer, AI to help build the best platform for developing and deploying agentic applications. You'll work across APIs, frameworks, and integrations while collaborating with a world-class team of engineers who've built some of the world's largest backends, with a focus on simplicity, strong architecture, and developer experience.
What you'll do
- Develop and improve APIs, plugins, and AI framework integrations for agentic app development
- Identify gaps in developer experience by staying close to how customers build with Convex
- Prioritize and own projects in collaboration with leadership and engineering teams
- Demonstrate Convex's capabilities through demos, examples, and direct customer engagement
- Write production-quality code at the intersection of AI and application development
- Contribute across the full stack without being confined to a single layer
What they're looking for
- Full-stack software engineering with strong architectural sensibilities
- TypeScript (preferred)
- Developer-facing product and API design
- High-growth startup experience
- Deep systems thinking and independent problem-solving
- Ability to write high-quality, scalable code
- Understanding of AI/agentic application development
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Benefits
- Work with world-class engineers experienced in building massive-scale systems
- In-person collaboration in San Francisco office
- Opportunity to shape the future of agentic application development
- Work on cutting-edge AI technology and developer tools
- Remote options available for experienced candidates
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Convex
Convex builds a platform for developing and deploying agentic applications, providing backend infrastructure, APIs, and client libraries that prioritize developer experience and strong architecture. The company is hiring software engineers across AI, infrastructure, backend platform development, and product teams to scale their cloud platform and shape how developers build full-stack applications.
- Website
- convex.dev
Likely interview questions
- Tell us about a time you built or significantly improved a developer-facing API or tool. How did you decide what the developer experience should be, and how did you validate it was right?
- Convex is focused on agentic development. What's your current understanding of how AI is changing how applications are built, and what gaps do you see in existing platforms?