[Remote] Product Engineer - Web Analytics at PostHog

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Requirements

You’re a builder who takes projects from 0 to 1 (e.g., former founder, lead, or impressive side project)
You bring full stack experience with relevant technologies (comfortable with our stack, but open to candidates with different stacks)
You think like a product engineer—focused on building the best product for users and documenting what you do
You love getting things done—proactive with a high degree of autonomy to decide what to work on
You’re ready to do the best work of your career and thrive in a company with strong distribution, stability, and a great team

Responsibilities

Build and own products that turn raw data into real decisions (not just dashboards)
Talk to users in analytics to understand what moves the needle and ship features that answer questions
Test MVPs in production with real users, iterate on feedback, and iterate on pricing decisions
Own pricing decisions for the product
Jump into support as a Support Hero to address real pain points
Act as a true full-stack engineer: design and ship the frontend, write HogQL queries, and, depending on the team, write high-scale/high-availability services in Rust and spin up infrastructure
Build tools that make data useful

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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