Team Lead (Storage Team)

Bmbneon; London; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Team Lead for their Storage Team to drive the development of their innovative PostgreSQL platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a talented group of engineers, combining technical expertise with project management skills. The company values high performance and correctness, making it an ideal environment for those passionate about building scalable systems. With a fully remote work option and a competitive benefits package, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a fast-scaling startup. Join a diverse and experienced team committed to open-source principles and collaborative success.

Benefits

Equity (Stock Options)

Unlimited Vacations

Paid Parental Leaves

Top-notch Equipment

Regular Offsites

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5+ years experience as a developer with expert knowledge of C++ or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of talented engineers and manage projects.
• Ensure the overall success of the team and its objectives.

Skills

Technical Leadership

C++

Rust

Mentoring Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Communication Skills

Project Management

Job description

Join to apply for the Team Lead (Storage Team) role at BMB Neon.

Neon’s storage engineering team builds the foundational data services for our serverless PostgreSQL platform. Running 24/7 in locations around the globe, with over a million databases under management, these systems present exciting challenges in scale and efficiency.

With unique features such as a fine-grained history of database transactions and a git-like CoW branching capability, working on Neon storage is a unique opportunity for a leader who thrives on building high performance systems at scale.

You Will:

• Lead a team of talented engineers
• Combine technical expertise with project and team management skills
• Be responsible for the overall success of the team

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years experience in a technical leadership role
• 5+ years experience as a developer, with expert knowledge of a systems programming language such as C++ or Rust.
• Strong mentoring skills, high emotional intelligence, and exceptional prioritization abilities.
• Experience building complex systems where correctness and performance are essential, such as databases, message brokers, operating systems, filesystems, etc.
• Experience running 24/7 production services (either SaaS or on-prem)
• Experience working successfully in fully remote or hybrid teams
• Excellent communication in English

Bonus points for experience with:

• Development of postgres or similar OLTP database products
• Working as an Engineering Manager with people management responsibility.

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.

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 sources cultural principles (transparency, contribution, accountability, 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
• 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, Founders Fund.
• Venture vehicles of Snowflake and Databricks invested in Neon.
• Our angel investors are prominent technologists and ecosystem players.
• 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) for 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

Seniority level:

Mid-Senior level

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:

Information Technology

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