PgDog is hiring: Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco

Join to apply for the Founding Software Engineer role at PgDog Continue with Google Continue with Google Join to apply for the Founding Software Engineer role at PgDog This range is provided by PgDog. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $125,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr About The Role Postgres is the most popular database and PgDog is building its future. This isnt an easy task, but its exciting and full of opportunities. As our first founding engineer, you will define the company. Youll be given full autonomy and responsibility to build our products, including 0-to-1 projects. Youll interact with customers, scope the roadmap, build features and deploy to production. Technology PgDog is written in Rust . This choice is intentional because it allows us to write good and performant code, quickly. Our integration tests are written in 7+ languages (and Postgres drivers). You dont need to know them all (LLMs are here to help), but you need to be comfortable in Rust. If youre not, you should be willing to learn quickly. Being an expert in Postgres is beneficial, but not necessarily required. If youre not familiar with it, you have to be willing to pick up a 1,000 page manual and become one. Benefits Health, dental, vision covered. $5k office/laptop/whatever you need budget. Unlimited PTO. Location Currently remote in the San Francisco Bay Area. Well get an office as we grow. Well meet in person regularly for coffee, drinks, food, brainstorming, hiking, etc. Seniority level Seniority level Entry level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Data Infrastructure and Analytics Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at PgDog by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for Software Engineer roles. Continue with Google Continue with Google Continue with Google Continue with Google San Francisco, CA $140,000.00 - $220,000.00 5 months ago San Francisco, CA $130,000.00 - $165,000.00 3 days ago Software Engineer, HTML - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) San Francisco, CA $150,000.00 - $175,000.00 1 month ago Software Engineer Internship (4 openings) San Francisco, CA $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 3 months ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00 - $190,000.00 1 month ago Software Engineer Intern/Co-op (Fall 2025) San Francisco, CA $105,000.00 - $180,000.00 3 weeks ago San Francisco, CA $150,000.00 - $180,000.00 3 days ago San Francisco, CA $40,000.00 - $100,000.00 2 weeks ago Software Engineer - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) San Francisco, CA $175,000.00 - $250,000.00 1 month ago Software Engineer, Python - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) Software Engineer, Node.js - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) Coders - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) Software Engineer, SQL - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) San Francisco, CA $40,000 - $100,000 2 weeks ago Software Engineer, TypeScript - AI Training (Freelance, Remote) San Francisco, CA $166,250 - $183,750 2 days ago Were unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr