Remote Backend Engineer - high scale

Description:

• PostHog is seeking a Backend Engineer to help increase the number of successful products in the world.
• The position is fully remote, with team members distributed between GMT-8 and GMT+2 time zones.
• The engineer will be responsible for capturing data, processing it reliably at very high scale, and building a workflow/delivery engine.
• The company processes tens of billions of events a month and uses a mixture of TypeScript/Node and Rust for high-throughput processing.
• The role involves making high-level architecture decisions, optimizing parts of the pipeline to increase throughput, and working directly with customers to enhance data delivery to third parties.
• PostHog values open-source contributions, transparency, autonomy, and solving big problems.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have experience with either TypeScript/Node or Rust and be comfortable working in both.
• Experience in building systems that handle high volumes of requests/data is required.
• The ability to quickly choose a sensible architecture and ship it faster than expected is essential.
• It is a plus if the candidate has experience carrying a pager and dealing with incidents.

Benefits:

• The position offers generous and transparent compensation along with employee-friendly equity in PostHog.
• Employees enjoy unlimited time off with a minimum of 25 days, with an average of 32 days taken in 2021.
• Private medical insurance, including dental and vision, is provided for US and UK employees.
• The company offers pension/401k contributions with 4% matching.
• Generous parental, bereavement, and child loss leave are included.
• A training budget and free books are available for professional development.
• Employees receive a $200/month budget for co-working or café working and $300/month for team socials.
• Mental health support is provided through Spill mental health chat.
• There is a $100/month budget to support open-source projects.
• PostHog will act as the first investor for employees' projects.
• Regular team off-sites are organized, with carbon offsetting for work travel.