Software Engineer, Autoscaling (Remote)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not provided

The Autoscaling Team is responsible for the compute infrastructure used for running Neon databases. This work includes scheduling compute loads in a large cluster, providing a secure and flexible runtime infrastructure for database processes, and adapting database containers to varying compute load requirements. The team utilizes technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, QEMU, Grafana, and GitHub. It requires deep knowledge of Linux concepts and systems, with most software produced in Go.

Requirements

• Experience: At least 4 years of production experience in Software Engineering.
• Programming Languages: Practical experience with Go, Rust, or C++ programming languages (2+ years).
• Kubernetes: Experience using Kubernetes.
• QEMU: Experience using QEMU.
• GitHub: Experience with GitHub.
• Grafana: Experience with Grafana (a plus).
• Terraform: Experience with Terraform (a plus).
• Passion: Passion for building systems software, performance engineering, and distributed systems.
• Open Source: Experience with open-source projects and developing publicly (a plus).
• Startup Culture: Passion for joining a fast-paced, early-stage startup.
• Ownership: Track record of identifying problems, implementing solutions, and delivering complex projects in distributed systems or databases.
• Strong Sense of Accountability: Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and pride.

Responsibilities

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

Company Information

About Neon: Neon is building open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL. Their architecture separates storage from compute, allowing for stateless and serverless Postgres. They are a well-funded startup with deep knowledge of Postgres internals and decades of experience building databases. Neon is a systems company, focusing 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-source cultural principles (transparency, contribution, accountability, proactivity).