Team Data Warehouse

Product Engineer

  • Department

    Engineering

  • Location

    Remote (EMEA)

  • Timezone(s)

    GMT +2:00 to GMT -8:00

About PostHog

PostHog helps engineers build better products. We are a single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features. We give engineers product & web analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, a CDP, SQL access, and a data warehouse… and there’s plenty more to come.

PostHog was created as an open-source project during Y Combinator's W20 cohort and had the most successful B2B software launch on HackerNews since 2012 - with a product that was just 4 weeks old. Since then, more than 70,000 companies have installed the platform. We've had huge success with our paid upgrades, raised $27m from some of the world's top investors, and have shown strong product-led growth - 97% driven by word of mouth. 

We're growing quickly but sustainably - we're default alive, averaging 10% monthly revenue growth, with >$10m ARR. We're staying focused on building an awesome product for end users, hiring a handful of exceptional team members, and seeing fantastic growth as a result.

What we value

  • We are open source - building a huge community around a free-for-life product is key to PostHog's strategy.

  • We aim to become the most transparent company, ever. In order to enable teams to make great decisions, we share as much information as we can. In our public handbook everyone can read about our roadmap, how we pay (or even let go of) people, what our strategy is, and who we have raised money from.

  • Working autonomously and maximizing impact - we don’t tell anyone what to do. Everyone chooses what to work on next based on what is going to have the biggest impact on our customers.

  • Solve big problems - we haven't built our defining feature yet. We are all about shipping fast, talking to users, and iterating.

Who we’re looking for

We want to build the data warehouse for product engineers. There's a significant amount of value in analyzing all your business and product data together, but this often requires complex setups with an assortment of tools. We are going to bring this together for the everyday product engineer. We've spent the better part of a year building a data pipeline and querying experience but we've just barely laid the groundwork. This new role would have a major influence on how we design the developer experience of this product and the underlying architecture that will enable its growth.

What you’ll be doing

  • Developing a data modeling feature on top of our data syncing pipeline

  • Architecting the system that enables a/b tests on external data

  • Maintain and improve our existing export system

  • Building novel query experiences and data integrations across the PostHog platform

Requirements

  • Experience building data pipelines or products on top of data warehouses

  • Demonstrated full-stack experience

  • Strong interest in building product analysis tools

  • Familiarity with SQL

  • Clear ability to own features and products from start to finish

Nice-to-have:

  • Familiarity with lexers and parsers

Salary

We have a set system for compensation as part of being transparent. Salary varies based on location and level of experience.

Learn more about compensation

Location

(based on market rates)

Level

Step

Salary calculator

  1. Benchmark (United States - San Francisco, California) $236,000
  2. Level modifier 1
  3. Step modifier 0.95 - 1.04
Salary $224,200 - $245,440plus equity

Benefits

  • Generous, transparent compensation & equityGenerous, transparent compensation & equity
  • Unlimited vacation (with a minimum!)Unlimited vacation (with a minimum!)
  • Two meeting-free days per weekTwo meeting-free days per week
  • Home officeHome office
  • Coworking creditCoworking credit
  • Private health, dental, and vision insurance.Private health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Training budgetTraining budget
  • Access to our Hedge HouseAccess to our Hedge House
  • Carbon offsettingCarbon offsetting
  • Pension & 401k contributionsPension & 401k contributions
  • We hire and pay locallyWe hire and pay locally
  • Company offsitesCompany offsites

Get more details about all our benefits on the Careers page.

Your team's mission and objectives

Enable all other small teams and users to store and access their data in a way that enables them to get more value out of it easier.

Objective: World class query experience

  • Key Results:
    • SQL copilot
    • Easy to use data export
    • Extensive business intelligence visualization (breakdowns, variables, etc.)
    • Query tabs

Objective: Enable Data Modeling

  • Key Results:
    • Pleasant UI that enables and encourages useful data modeling
    • First class support for views and materializing views
    • One click data import to dashboard

Objective: Polishing batch exports

  • Key Results:
    • Clearer UI for backfills
    • Autoscaling
    • Sleeker and faster redshift export

Interview process

We do 2-3 short interviews, then pay you to do some real-life (or close to real-life) work.

  • 1
    Application (You are here)
    Our talent team will review your application

    We're looking to see how your skills and experience align with our needs.

  • 2
    Culture interview
    30-min video call

    Our goal is to explore your motivations to join our team, learn why you’d be a great fit, and answer questions about us.

  • 3
    Technical interview
    45 minutes, varies by role

    You'll meet the hiring team who will evaluate skills needed to be successful in your role. No live coding.

  • 4
    Founder interview
    30 minutes

    You have reached the final boss. It's time to chat with James or Tim.

  • 5
    PostHog SuperDay
    Paid day of work

    You’ll meet a few more members of the team and work on a independent project. It's challenging, but most people say it's fun!

  • 6
    Offer
    Pop the champagne (after you sign)

    If everyone’s happy, we’ll make you an offer to join us - YAY!

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