[Remote] Product Engineer - Data Stack - Data Modeling at PostHog

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Requirements

  • Experience building resilient systems with Kubernetes, Docker, and S3 at scale
  • Proficiency in Python, including async-python
  • Experience with Temporal.io
  • Experience building UIs for data-intensive tools, with React
  • Experience with DAGs and batch processing
  • Strong backend skills
  • Experience debugging stateful, async data workflows
  • Good practices around logging, testing, and monitoring (observability)

Responsibilities

  • Build end-user tools for understanding and traversing data models
  • Materialize user-defined queries
  • Schedule and resolve DAGs of query materialization
  • Push the boundaries of what the Data Stack team can do
  • Ensure the Data Stack remains stable and production-ready

Skills

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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