Systems Software Engineer (Compute)

We are looking for a Systems Software Engineer to join our Compute Team and contribute to Neon Postgres.

You will
Join an experienced team and contribute to Neon Postgres
Participate in the design and implementation of our Postgres features
Write low-level systems code
Deploy changes to the farm of 500k+ Postgres instances
Participate in on-call rotation and drive operational excellence
We’re looking for a senior-level engineer who has
At least 4 years of production experience in Software engineering
Experience with developing Postgres features and/or extensions
Experience with maintaining and developing big production systems, whether it is Postgres or not
Passion for building systems software. Performance engineering and distributed systems are topics that excite you!
Passion for joining a fast-paced, early-stage startup
Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and pride
It would be great if you have:
Some experience with Rust
Experience with open-source projects and developing publicly

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 90 people working from 25+ countries (concentrating around North American and European time zones)
We are a team built on open-source cultural principles (transparency, contribution, accountability, and 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, Arseny, 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, Notable Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and 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 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, and much more)
We are distributed, yet make our bonds during regular offsites (the last one was in Barcelona, Spain)