About PostHog
Empowering product teams with open-source analytics
Key Highlights
- Over 10,000 customers including Microsoft and Intercom
- Founded during YCombinator's W20 cohort
- Offers tools like heatmaps, session recording, and A/B testing
- Transparent culture with a public-facing employee handbook
PostHog is a San Francisco-based company that provides an open-source product analytics platform, enabling businesses to optimize their product development. With over 10,000 customers, including notable brands like Microsoft and Intercom, PostHog offers tools such as heatmaps, session recording, fea...
🎁 Benefits
PostHog offers competitive salaries, equity options, flexible remote work policies, unlimited PTO, and a learning budget to support employee developme...
🌟 Culture
PostHog fosters a transparent culture by making its entire handbook public, emphasizing product-led growth and encouraging team members to take owners...
Database Engineer • Mid-Level
Skills & Technologies
Overview
PostHog is hiring a ClickHouse Operations Engineer to automate, manage, and maintain ClickHouse infrastructure. You'll work with SQL and ClickHouse to support data ingestion and querying for various products. This position requires experience in database management and operations.
Job Description
Who you are
You have a strong background in database management and operations, particularly with ClickHouse — you've automated and maintained database systems in a production environment, ensuring high availability and performance. Your experience with SQL allows you to write complex queries and optimize data retrieval processes effectively.
You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working with cross-functional teams — your communication skills enable you to translate technical requirements into actionable tasks for engineering and product teams. You are detail-oriented and have a proactive approach to problem-solving, always looking for ways to improve system efficiency and reliability.
What you'll do
As a ClickHouse Operations Engineer at PostHog, you will be responsible for the automation and management of ClickHouse infrastructure — this includes monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and implementing best practices for data ingestion and storage. You will collaborate closely with product teams to understand their data needs and ensure that the ClickHouse setup meets those requirements.
You will also work on optimizing SQL queries and data models to enhance the performance of our analytics products — your insights will help shape the future of our data infrastructure as we scale to handle trillions of data points. Additionally, you will participate in the design and implementation of new features that leverage ClickHouse capabilities, contributing to the overall success of our product offerings.
What we offer
At PostHog, we provide a supportive and innovative work environment where you can grow your skills and advance your career. We believe in the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements to accommodate your needs. Join us and be part of a team that is dedicated to building exceptional products that empower companies to make data-driven decisions.
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