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Mooncake Labs is hiring a
Founding Engineer

About Mooncake Labs

Mooncake Labs is building open-source search and analytics systems on object storage. They have released their first project, pg_mooncake, a Postgres-Native Data Warehouse that ranks top 10 on clickbench. The team is small, close-knit, and based in San Francisco, focusing on high-performance systems from first principles.

Job Description

Mooncake Labs is looking for Founding Engineers to join their team. The role is full-time and based in San Francisco, with in-person work preferred but optional. The position offers a salary range of $120k - $200k and includes equity between 0.5% and 2%. Ideal candidates love low-level systems like performance engineering, databases, caching, and distributed systems, and are excited about the journey of finding product-market fit. Team players are encouraged to apply.

Remote

Remote Conditions

In-person preferred, but optional

Salary

120K

 to 

200K

Benefits

.5% - 2% equity

Tech Tags

CachingDatabasesDistributed SystemsPerformance Engineering

Equity Offered

Senior Role

Date Listed

03 March, 2025 (about 1 year ago)
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