Team Lead (Storage Team)

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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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