# Backend Engineer

**Company:** [PostHog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/posthog)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Skills:** Node.js, Rust, Go, Kafka, Postgres, Redis, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Benchmarking, Profiling, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Build and own high-throughput ingestion infrastructure processing billions of events for PostHog’s analytics and platform products. The role requires experience with scalable distributed systems, multi-tenant SaaS, and technologies such as Node.js, Rust, Go, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop infrastructure to capture, process, and reliably deliver billions of events per month to product analytics, feature flags, CDP, and other platform components.
- Own the ingestion pipeline service end to end.
- Build open-source software for high-throughput data processing.
- Design distributed systems that handle terabytes of data efficiently and reliably.
- Ship small, confident, frequent changes without breaking systems.

## Requirements
- Experience with highly scalable, event-driven distributed systems.
- Experience developing multi-tenant software-as-a-service products.
- Experience with Node.js, Go, Rust, or similar languages.
- Experience working with Kafka and PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar systems at scale.
- Ability to ship changes quickly without compromising reliability.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with customer data platforms or similar data analytics systems.
- Experience responding to incidents and carrying a pager.
- Experience provisioning and maintaining cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with benchmarking and profiling tools.
- Knowledge of observability systems and practices.

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