PostHog

Backend Engineer - Data Warehouse

PostHog

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

DjangoOpen SourcePythonSQL

About the role

  • Maintain and grow our data pipeline that enables users to import data from API and database sources
  • Expand our source library and optimize streaming data from ClickHouse to object storage using Arrow
  • Build well-architected, well-tested code and ship fast
  • Design core interfaces to expand source library; debug memory issues in data pipeline; implement granular schema control; build a graph traverser; instrument usage tracking

Requirements

  • Experience with Python and Django. Our core application backend and data pipeline services are built with Python and Django
  • Hands-on experience with the Arrow data format. We stream data from ClickHouse to object storage with Arrow as the intermediary format
  • Strong skills in designing, architecting, and building data systems from the ground up
  • While frontend may not be your primary focus, you’re not afraid to dive in when needed