# PgDog (YC P25) Is Hiring a Founding Software Engineer Opportunity to work at a startup scaling PostgreSQL - **Source:** [Hacker News: Front Page](https://brifing.si/source/b07aa772-b1a0-4a76-aa18-719c6f9e2dde) - **Published:** 2026-07-13 - **Topic:** [Software & Engineering](https://brifing.si/c/engineering) - **Original article:** - **On Brifing:** https://brifing.si/s/445425c3-29d8-496d-8a0e-12dabbf02a47 ## About PgDog PgDog is a small database startup based in San Francisco. It is working to scale PostgreSQL, the world's most popular database. The company is used by many large and small businesses and offers a significant opportunity. ## Role Details The sought-after software engineer will work in various areas such as Rust, Postgres, infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems. They will develop features that reach customers directly and work with real production data. ## First Week In the first week, a bug will be fixed or a new feature developed. This feature will be immediately presented to users, and feedback will be gathered. ## First Month Within the first month, the entire codebase will be mastered. Engineers will start developing their own bug fixes and features. ## Three Months Later Three months later, the roadmap will be designed. Contributions will be made in every area, including coding, customer communication, and even finding new customers. ## Key Projects Projects to be developed include an advanced OLAP query engine and dynamic sharding features. These projects will make Postgres scalable like Cassandra/Elastic. ## Sources covering this story - https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pgdog/jobs/uWymUYy-founding-software-engineer — --- _Summary written by Brifing from the original reporting. Copyright in the original article belongs to its publisher; read the full piece at the link above._