Careers - PostHog

Who's hiring?

Our small teams are looking to add 32 team members.

12 small teams are hiring for this role

• Location

  Remote

• Timezone(s)

  GMT +2 to GMT -8

Join a startup within a startup

Starting a job at a company of 230+ 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.

Pineapple on pizza: a house divided

Everyone at PostHog has an opinion about whether pineapple belongs on pizza (no matter how wrong they may be.) Here's how it breaks down for each small team.

Small teams who...

CORRECTLY agree

pineapple belongs on pizza

Small teams who...

are SPLIT

on whether

pineapple belongs on pizza

(You could break the tie!)

Small teams who...

shockingly DISAGREE

pineapple belongs on pizza

Speaking of pizza...

Here are some of our creations.

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)

Country

Region

Total $270,750 - $296,400+ significant equity

We are open to paying well beyond these ranges for exceptional talent. If this is you, please apply.

(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.
• Employee secondaries (when offered)
  In 2024, we held our first secondary for early employees to sell some of their shares. We executed our first tender offer in 2025, and plan to do more.

Learn more about share options

Interview process

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 application

  We're looking to see how your skills and experience align with our needs.

• 2

  Culture interview

  30-min video call

  Our 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 role

  You'll meet the hiring team who will evaluate skills needed to be successful in your role. No live coding.

• 4

  Culture & Motivation interview

  20 minutes, varies by role

  You have reached the final boss. It's time to chat with one of our Blitzscale team members.

• 5

  PostHog SuperDay

  Paid day of work

  You’ll meet a few more members of the team and work on an independent project. It's challenging, but most people say it's fun, and we'll pay you $1,000 for your efforts!

• 6

  Offer

  Pop the champagne (after you sign)

  If everyone is happy, we’ll make you an offer to join us - YAY!

This message brought to you by our co-founder

James Hawkins

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

James Hawkins

if you join, my job is to provide an environment where we coach you to build the best products you can.

James Hawkins

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

James Hawkins

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.

James Hawkins

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.

James Hawkins

come work with people that are truly great at, and focused on, what they do.

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 $50 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

Visit the handbook

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 BlackJoe Black worked as a clown, a morgue cleaner, and a chainsaw salesman before joining the

Developer Marketing Team

Developer Marketing Team, which he now leads.

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

Product Analytics Team, which he – surprise! – leads.

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:

Year****Location

2020

Tuscany

2021

Portugal

2022

Iceland

2023

Aruba

2024

Mykonos

2025

Tulum

2026

Barbados

2027

Co-working or café credits on us

If heading out to a co-working space or getting some overpriced coffee from boogie coffee shops is how you do your best work, you get to 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, Lisbon, Santiago, Cartagena, Sedona (Arizona), and Palm Springs (California).

Access to the Hedge Houses

We have a dedicated coworking space in San Francisco (SF) where you'll often find YC founders/members and some of our team working together. In London, we have a house where you can both work and relax, giving you options for collaborative or solo work in the city. There's also a house in Cambridge, UK available for employees to work from or stay at.

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

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

August 2026

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Confidential

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.

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.

Lottie Coxon
Graphics Lead

I hate how much I enjoy working at PostHog. It has ruined all other companies for me. Thanks a lot.

Charles Cook
Generic Exec Person

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.

Paul D'Ambra
Engineer exec for anecdotes

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.

Ian Vanagas
Technical Content Marketer

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.

Raquel Smith
Engineering exec person