Founding Software Engineer

PgDog; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Equipment budget

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

A technology startup in San Francisco is seeking a founding engineer to help shape its future. You will have full autonomy to build products, working with Rust and engaging with customers to define the roadmap. Experience with Postgres is a plus, but a willingness to learn is essential. The company offers health benefits, a budget for necessary equipment, and unlimited PTO. Initially, the role is remote with plans for in-person meetings as the team grows.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Rust programming language.
• Familiarity with Postgres is beneficial but not required.
• Willingness to learn quickly if not yet proficient.

Responsibilities

• Define the company and its products as the first founding engineer.
• Scope the roadmap, build features, and deploy to production.
• Interact with customers to gather requirements.

Skills

Rust

Postgres

Job description

About The Role

Postgres is the most popular database and PgDog is building its future. This isn’t an easy task, but it’s exciting and full of opportunities. As our first founding engineer, you will define the company. You’ll be given full autonomy and responsibility to build our products, including 0-to-1 projects. You’ll interact with customers, scope the roadmap, build features and deploy to production.

Technology

PgDog is written in Rust. This choice is intentional because it allows us to write good and performant code, quickly. Our integration tests are written in 7+ languages (and Postgres drivers). You don’t need to know them all (LLMs are here to help), but you need to be comfortable in Rust. If you’re not, you should be willing to learn quickly. Being an expert in Postgres is beneficial, but not necessarily required. If you’re not familiar with it, you have to be willing to pick up a 1,000 page manual and become one.

Benefits

Health, dental, vision covered. $5k office/laptop/whatever you need budget. Unlimited PTO.

Location

Currently remote in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ll get an office as we grow. We’ll meet in person regularly for coffee, drinks, food, brainstorming, hiking, etc.