[Remote] Platform Engineer at PostHog

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Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Software, Product AnalyticsIndustries

Requirements

Strong skills in building self-service developer platforms at a product company
Experience with Kubernetes at scale and knowledge of how to get the maximum out of Kubernetes without going to complex configurations
Experience with designing standardized patterns: CI/CD, Observability, GitOps, Autoscaling, Load balancing
Ability to write code in Python beyond scripting
Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloud, and other infrastructure/SRE tools
Experience helping product teams to deploy fast, easy, and safe
Proactive and autonomous, with a strong ability to get things done
Experience with infrastructure and SRE concepts

Responsibilities

Building an internal developer platform from scratch to enable product teams to deploy and manage high-scale applications with minimal friction
Establishing standardized patterns for CI/CD pipelines, observability, secrets management, and autoscaling
Designing and implementing a highly opinionated, self-service platform with strong abstractions that hide complexity
Working closely with SRE and Infrastructure teams to make technical decisions about the stack and ensure consistency across all applications
Implementing guardrails and best practices by default to ensure security and infrastructure details are handled
Empowering developers to focus on building products while the platform handles operational complexity
Ensuring the platform is easy and fun to use, scales like hell, and handles 10s of billions of events

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

KubernetesCI/CDObservabilityInfrastructure AutomationSelf-Service PlatformCloud ComputingDevOpsSecurityAutoscalingSecrets Management

PostHog

Platform for product engineering and data integration

About PostHog

PostHog offers a unified platform that combines tools for product engineering and data integration, helping businesses focus on product development. Its usage-based pricing model decreases costs as clients use the platform more, and it includes a free tier for many users. The platform is adaptable with numerous use cases and is supported by tutorials and guides. Unlike competitors, PostHog does not have a sales team, providing recorded demos and personalized options instead.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2020Year Founded

$26.3MTotal Funding

SERIES_BCompany Stage

Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Company Match

Company Equity

Mental Health Support

Professional Development Budget

Risks

Competition from privacy-focused platforms like Matomo and Plausible is increasing.

Scaling usage-based pricing may challenge larger enterprise adoption.

Reliance on free tier could risk financial stability if users don't convert.

Differentiation

PostHog offers open-source product analytics tailored for developers.

The platform replaces the modern data stack, focusing on product development.

PostHog's usage-based pricing decreases with scale, offering cost efficiency.

Upsides

Increased demand for open-source analytics tools boosts PostHog's market potential.

Growing trend towards self-hosted solutions aligns with PostHog's offerings.

Recent $15M funding supports expansion and feature development.

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