Who's hiring?
Our small teams are looking to add 1 team members.
Join a startup within a startup
Starting a job at a company of 50+ people can be intimidating!
With our small teams structure, it's like working at a startup within a startup. This allows each team to operate as autonomously as possible.
Many of our team members are former founders. Here they can focus on building great products without the distraction of running payroll, fundraising, etc - while still enjoying huge upside potential.
Our small teams
Pineapple on pizza: a house divided
Our small teams meet up in various places around the world. Pizza is often involved. Pineapple on the pizza is optional contentious.
Here's how our teams feel. (Choose your team wisely.)
Small teams who...
CORRECTLY agree
pineapple belongs on pizza
- Website & Vibes100%
- Surveys100%
- Marketing83%
- ClickHouse75%
- Growth67%
- Comms60%
- Exec60%
Small teams who...
are SPLIT
on whetherpineapple belongs on pizza
(You could break the tie!)
Small teams who...
shockingly DISAGREE
pineapple belongs on pizza
- CDP40%
- Sales & CS38%
- Experiments33%
- Replay0%
Speaking of pizza...
This message brought to you by our co-founder
yo, i’m james, one of the two co-founders, and there are a lot of things i can’t offer you…
- we don’t offer career progression frameworks
- we don’t offer mentorship
- we don’t offer lots of meetings
- we don’t hold back if we think something is wrong
- i don’t offer many capital letters
if you join, my job is to provide an environment where we coach you to build the best products you can.
it looks like:
- high expectations - i expect you to decide what to ship, for you to ship fast and for you to then iterate with users. you don’t have to do this alone, there are lots of friendly, deeply skilled and helpful people here - you just need to make sure you go get help instead of assuming it will come to you
- coaching for your team in the early days of a new product
- growth reviews of your product when it is popular to scale it or split it into more products
- lots of deep work time
- we will raise feedback constructively and will encourage crazy ideas
- lots of weird inside jokes
i believe you focusing on shipping products and learning from this is how you progress your career. anything else is a means to this end.
if you are joining a role outside of engineering, the concepts are exactly the same. that’s why we’re well known for a very different approach to marketing, sales, ops, recruitment and design.
A really long quote
(It was so good we just couldn't cut it down.)
At PostHog I'm given the trust to work on things that I think matter for the business and our customers.
There are no politics, no micromanaging, and pretty extreme amounts of autonomy for every employee.
I've never worked at a company that can ship so well and so fast. The people here are of incredible caliber, and management just gets out of the way (while also being helpful) so everyone can just can do their job in the best way possible.
Basically everything you hate about your job is the exact opposite here at PostHog. It's the weirdest, coolest place I've ever worked.
Get to know us in our company handbook
Almost any question you'll have about working here is answered in our public handbook. But here are some highlights you might be interested to know:
- Our revenue is over $10 million a year
- We're default alive
- If you join us, you will be expected to take a stance on if pineapple belongs on pizza
Warning: You'll hate working here if...
You want a clearly-documented career progression framework
We believe shipping is much more important than ticking boxes.
You aspire to manage a large team
Our small teams operate like startups within the company.
You want to be able to tell other people what to do
Anyone can propose an idea, but only the best ideas win.
You expect your manager to tell you what to do
James and Tim provide context in weekly all-hands. But it's up to you to decide where your time is best spent.
The phrase "That's not my job" exists in your vocabulary
We all wear a lot of hats, and we all pitch in wherever's needed.
You enjoy playing corporate politics
We're low ego and nearly all communication is public.
You like to have a detailed plan before starting a project
Our plans always turn out to be wrong anyways, which is why we ship first.
"Work you" and "home you" are different people
We don't put on a corporate facade when we show up to work every day.
You require mockups before firing up your code editor
Projects are developer-led. Design isn't a blocker to shipping.
Who we look for
Our IEP (ideal employee profile)
TL;DR: We don't hire middle management.
Fun fact: We have an internal Slack channel called #do-more-weird where we discuss crazy ideas that most companies save for April Fool's Day.
Weirdos
We look for adventurers. We're here to take a small company to IPO, and beyond. We will only get there if we think differently to everyone else. We're not a fit if you want a predictable career.
Joe MartinJoe Martin worked as a clown, a morgue cleaner, and a chainsaw salesman before joining the Marketing team. He now leads the Comms team.
Individual contributors
We think it's more important to hire exceptional people, then give them autonomy and plenty of context. We're not a fit if management responsibility is what motivates you.
Thomas ObermüllerThomas Obermüller was CTO for his previous company of 120 people before joining PostHog as a software engineer on the Product Analytics team.
Low egos
Fast, scrappy people thrive here. We're informal, we use clear language and get a broad variety of work done fast. We're not a fit if you want process.
Cameron DeLeoneCameron DeLeone worked for an $11 billion startup, then was Vice President of a poultry farm before joining PostHog as a CSM.
Unexpected benefits
Perks you'll only find here
Two meeting-free days per week
After extensive research, we've found the best way to ship fast is to have fewer meetings.
*Illustration is not indicative of a product engineer’s calendar at PostHog. We actually have relatively few meetings.
Company off-sites in exotic locations
Each year we organize fully paid company off-sites. The highlight is the hackathon where we team up to build things that aren't on our roadmap.
Off-site history:
Monthly co-working or café credit
Use $300/mo toward a co-working space or coffee shops if that's where you do your best work. Charge it to your company card – everyone gets one.
Small team off-sites
You'll meet up with your small team somewhere fun periodically. Sometimes multiple small teams get together. We have a special budget for you to do this.
Recent small team off-sites have been in Sicily, Munich, Valencia, Sedona (Arizona), and Palm Springs (California).
Access to the Hedge House
Work with co-workers (or by yourself) in Cambridge, UK and stay for free whenever you want.
Local meetup budget
You're encouraged to meet up with other team members who you don't work with on a regular basis with a generous quarterly budget.
The boring benefits
Everybody offers healthcare, paid time off, and a laptop, so we organized our benefits by awesomeness. (Would we even be a tech startup without these?)
The one exception is equity (which you get), but is so unique that it deserves its own section below.
Unlimited paid time off (25 days minimum!)
You're required to take at least 25 days off per year. (If you don't, you will be locked out of Slack. Just kidding.) This doesn't come out of your sick leave or generous parental leave.
Training budget
Pick up new skills on the job with an annual training budget, plus free books and an Audible subscription.
401k matching or pension plan
Up to 4% matching for U.S. employees
Carbon offsetting
We contribute to Project Wren when we travel for work.
Home office
Get whatever you need to have an ergonomic setup at home so you can do the best work of your life.
Private health, dental, and vision insurance
US, Canada, & UK only
Compensation & equity
We hire the best talent and pay accordingly. We want everyone to feel invested in the company's success, so we offer equity with very employee-friendly terms.
Transparent pay
Use our full salary calculator to see what you'll make here. You’ll know your approximate starting salary before you even apply.
Role
Location
(based on market rates)Level
Step
(Really) employee-friendly equity terms
- 10 years to exercise your options (if you leave)
Most companies give you 90 days. - Double-trigger acceleration
You receive all your options in the event you're let go due to the company being acquired. - Option to trade cash for equity (when getting a raise)
You can trade up to 100% of any pay rise you receive for share options at a 1:1 ratio of cash to equity. - Employee secondaries (when offered)
In 2024, we held our first secondary for early employees to sell some of their shares. We plan on doing more in the future.
Get paid to try working here
We do 2-3 short interviews, then pay you to do some real-life (or close to real-life) work.
POV: We're excited to meet you!
- 1
Application
Our talent team will review your applicationWe're looking to see how your skills and experience align with our needs.
- 2
Culture interview
30-min video callOur goal is to explore your motivations to join our team, learn why you’d be a great fit, and answer questions about us.
- 3
Technical interview
45 minutes, varies by roleYou'll meet the hiring team who will evaluate skills needed to be successful in your role. No live coding.
- 4
Founder interview
30 minutesYou have reached the final boss. It's time to chat with James or Tim.
- 5
PostHog SuperDay
Paid day of workYou’ll meet a few more members of the team and work on a independent project. It's challenging, but most people say it's fun!
- 6
Offer
Pop the champagne (after you sign)If everyone’s happy, we’ll make you an offer to join us - YAY!
The most transparent company, ever
We're open-source and fully remote. In order to enable teams to make great decisions, we share as much information as we can. This includes:
Board meetings
We share slides from each board meeting internally. When everyone knows the direction we're headed and the obstacles we face, they can decide where their time is best spent.
Fundraising & finances
We keep our team informed about fundraising during the process and share a monthly report covering revenue, runway, and more. It's nice when you can see your hard work paying off (literally).
Constructive feedback
Transparency is a two-way street. We encourage individual feedback and run regular 360-degree group sessions during small team off-sites, so everyone can improve.
Latest monthly financial report
Live, Laugh, LEquip every developer to build successful products
Our jobs are zero fun. Here are some things that have made it a little less insufferable.
IsGoogleAnalyticsIllegal.com
6+ hour GitHub star live stream
Built big things with small teams
PostHog for enterprise
Human-readable privacy policy
That one time we found favor on Hacker News
20k+ GitHub stars
We are honored to be the most popular open source Product OS on GitHub. (Yes, we defined the category, but still...)
Won't you be our next star?
Wrote the ClickHouse manual that other companies use
Hedgehog mode
CMD + K.
Patrick Collison tweeted about us
Enterprise modeTM on PostHog.com
Same website, just with bigger words. It makes us more approachable to the suits.
Find it under the Account menu (top right) on the homepage.
Crazy popular with the YC crowd
DPA generator, featuring a Taylor Swift edition
Nice things we didn't coerce anyone into saying
Working at PostHog is a truly unique experience, which has probably set me up to hate any other job out there. I get to work on bizarre and challenging projects and no day is ever the same.
I hate how much I enjoy working at PostHog. It has ruined all other companies for me. Thanks a lot.
I wake up so excited to get to work that sometimes I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. The combination of high expectations, high trust, high autonomy, and high reward is so unique and drives me to improve every day.
The side project policy was a big reason I joined. But turns out I enjoyed my work so much that I completely neglected my side projects.
We take autonomy seriously. It's not the perfect fit for everyone, but for someone like me who has strong opinions and likes to make her own decisions, PostHog is an incredible place to be.
PostHog enables me to do my best work. I am autonomous, empowered to do what I think is best, and truly on the maker schedule.
Open roles
We take exceptional people when they come along - and we really mean that!
Don’t see a specific role listed? That doesn't mean we won't have a spot for you. Send us a speculative application!
Applications are taken seriously - you won't just end up in a candidate database. We make quick decisions, and if the timing isn’t quite right, we’ll do our best to provide insight into a better time to apply.
Regardless of the timing of your application or interest in PostHog, you can go ahead and contribute to one of our good first issues.
Engineering