Software Engineer, Autoscaling (Remote)

The Autoscaling Team is responsible for the compute infrastructure used for running Neon databases. Our work ranges from scheduling compute loads in a large cluster, providing a secure and flexible runtime infrastructure for the database processes to adapting the database containers to the requirements of the varying compute load.

We use Kubernetes, Docker, QEMU, Grafana, Github and much more to do our job. It requires deep knowledge of Linux concepts and systems. Most software the team produces is written in go.

You will

• Join an experienced team and contribute to Neon compute infrastructure
• Participate in the design and implementation of compute infrastructure to provide a flexible and scalable yet secure system.
• Expand our footprint by interviewing and hiring great software engineers
• Drive excellence through the team and implement the world's best practices
• Participate in on-call rotation

We're Looking For a Senior-level Engineer Who Has

• At least 4 years of production experience in Software engineering
• Practical experience with go, Rust, or C++ programming language (2+ years)
• Experience using Kubernetes, QEMU, Github. Experience with Grafana, and Terraform is a plus.
• Passion for building systems software. Performance engineering and distributed systems are topics that excite you!
• Experience with open-source projects and developing publicly is a plus
• Passion for joining a fast-paced, early-stage startup
• Track record of identifying problems, implementing solutions, and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databases
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and pride

It would be great if you have

• Some background in databases or building core components for data processing systems (including query execution, storage engines, autotuning and workload optimization) and distributed systems
• Extensive experience with low-level backend programming languages (C, C++, etc.)
• Experience with low level Linux concepts, kernel programming and memory management on Linux would be a plus

About Neon

Neon is building open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL. Our architecture separates storage from compute, allowing for stateless and serverless Postgres. We’re a well funded startup with deep knowledge of Postgres internals and decades of experience building databases. We are a systems company; we work on low-level code with strict performance and correctness requirements.

Neon was created by a team of Postgres hackers and led by CEO Nikita Shamgunov (co-founder of SingleStore). Neon is built on open-source principles and is focused on giving back to the Postgres and developer communities.

Our Team

• We are a distributed team of 130+ people working from 25+ countries (concentrating around North America and Europe time zones)
• We are a team built on open sources cultural principles (transparency, contribution, accountability, proactivity)
• Team with decades of experience building databases and deep knowledge of Postgres internals. We are deeply technical
• We have experienced Postgres committers and hackers on the team (check Heikki, Anastasia, Matthias profiles)
• We believe in the efficacy of collaborative open source
• We aim for a diversity of thoughts and backgrounds
• We are keen to be a fast-moving flat org and avoid hierarchical structures

Our Investors

• Top-tier investors backed up Neon's vision:

• We raised $104+ million in funding from Menlo Ventures, GGV, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Founders Fund.

• Venture vehicles of Snowflake and Databricks invested in Neon.

• Our angel investors are prominent technologists and ecosystem players. More than 20 awesome angels supported Neon, including Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, Mike Ovitz, Ajeet Singh, Guillermo Rauch, Søren Brammer Schmidt, and Wes McKinney.

• Our Board includes Quentin Clark, Glenn Solomon, Joe Morrissey, and Tim Tully.

Our Offer

• You have an opportunity to be an early employee in the fast-scaling ambitious team
• You can work 100% remote: we'll handle all formalities to arrange work from your home
• We pay top of the market in most parts of the world
• We grant equity (stock options) to all full-time hires
• We offer a competitive benefits package in line with all tech companies (top-notch equipment, unlimited vacations, paid parental leaves, private medical insurance, and much more)
• We are distributed, yet make our bonds during regular offsites (the last one was in Lisbon)