# Lead Software Engineer, Backend at Cortex

- Company: Cortex
- What the company does: Cortex is the Engineering Operations Platform that gives engineering teams the visibility, governance, and golden paths to ship faster with AI, without runaway risk. Backed by Sequoia, Y Combinator and IVP.
- Company website: https://www.cortex.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-02-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cortex/jobs/5131543008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cortex-lead-software-engineer-backend/

## About the role

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend to join our team and help us build a new category of developer tooling. You will solve deeply technical problems and dive 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.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering