Intro
Help us build the world’s fastest and most developer-friendly change data capture (CDC) platform. We’re transforming how teams handle real-time data flows, from edge caching to event triggers. While other CDC systems are complex and slow, Sequin is so simple you could set it up in a weekend project, yet robust enough for Fortune 500 companies. And it’s completely open source.
About us
My name: Eric Goldman
My position: Co-founder
Company name: Sequin
Company website: sequinstream.com
Company headquarters: San Francisco, CA USA
Company info and history:
We’re backed by amazing investors like Kleiner Perkins and Craft Ventures. We’re starting the new year by growing from 3 → 4. We’re solving some very hard and classic problems, 100% open source
We are all in on Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView.
About the job
Job title: Senior Software Engineer
Job description:
We’re searching for ambitious engineers to join us at this early stage. This is not a ticket-taking role - you’ll have significant influence over both product and technical direction, often tackling projects with clear outcomes but undefined paths to get there.
- We’re solving novel distributed systems challenges, not building CRUD apps
- We’re building open source
- We move incredibly fast - our users consistently praise our rapid feature delivery and issue resolution
- It’s a high-energy environment where you get to write a lot of code that directly impacts customers and our bottom-line
- Speed to product/market fit in 2025 is our priority, making this an exciting time to join
- We embrace whatever tooling we can to be hyper productive, including AI tooling
Salary range: $170K - $210K + Equity
Qualifications or experience:
You’ll thrive at Sequin if you:
- Are a self-starter who excels with autonomy
- Have natural curiosity and eagerly learn new domains
- Are passionate about programming beyond work hours
- Have a ship it attitude and a willingness to iterate to the right solution as opposed to build it perfectly upfront
- Maintain optimism while tackling complex challenges
- Communicate clearly and frequently
- Are excited about creating exceptional developer experiences
Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of full-time software engineering experience
- Strong distributed and concurrent systems experience (strongly preferred)
Bonus points for
- Experience working with data-intensive applications
- Experience with Postgres internals (performance tuning, trigger functions)
- Cloud infrastructure experience (we use AWS)
Position on remote work
Remote job: No
Any other notes about your position on remote work: We ship from our office in San Francisco. We provide relocation assistance.
About the interview process
To Apply: Email Founders@sequinstream.com
In place of a cover letter:
- In 2-3 sentences, tell us what excites you about Sequin
- In 3-4 sentences, tell us about the most impressive thing you’ve built
After you apply, you can expect a quick reply and the following process:
- 30-minute phone call: We’ll get introduced and spend 30 minutes learning if we’re both aligned.
- 60-minute technical call: Before we ask you to come in to the office, we’ll assess your skills over the phone.
- Onsite: We’ll host you in our office and you’ll meet the entire team. We’ll discuss each chapter of your career, write code together, and white board an architecture problem.
- References: Talking with your former bosses and colleagues is a crucial part of our process. We’ll want to talk to at least three references.
- Offer: We’ll make an offer
Further info
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