Careers | Better Stack Platform AI SRE Agentic root cause analysis Incident management & on-call Move fast when things break Uptime monitoring The most reliable uptime monitoring Status page Communicate downtime & build trust Tracing eBPF-based OpenTelemetry-native tracing Log management Collect insights across your stack Infrastructure monitoring OpenTelemetry-native infrastructure monitoring Real user monitoring Session replay, web vitals & product analytics Error tracking AI‑native error tracking built on Better Stack Data warehouse Time series data warehouse as an API Documentation Pricing Community Community home Guides Questions Comparisons Company Work at Better Stack Engineering Security Blog Changelog Enterprise Sign in Sign up Platform Documentation Pricing Community Company Enterprise Back AI SRE Agentic root cause analysis Incident management & on-call Move fast when things break Uptime monitoring The most reliable uptime monitoring Status page Communicate downtime & build trust Tracing eBPF-based OpenTelemetry-native tracing Log management Collect insights across your stack Infrastructure monitoring OpenTelemetry-native infrastructure monitoring Real user monitoring Session replay, web vitals & product analytics Error tracking AI‑native error tracking built on Better Stack Data warehouse Time series data warehouse as an API Back Community home Guides Questions Comparisons Back Work at Better Stack Engineering Security Blog Changelog Schladming hike Code. Ship. Have fun! On the move Living the brand Regular Tuesday Deploying to production Iceland Work with us We are engineers, making the tools we always wanted Async-first. No bs meetings™. No Zoom calls. We use Slack huddles & Loom. No 60 min meetings. 26 min 1:1 quick syncs instead. Smart & talented colleagues. Challenging tasks & rapid pace. Our goal is to get out of your way and let you do your best work. Cozy office. Prefer to work remotely? Fine by us! It’s not about how much time you spend working, it’s about what you ship. Delicious lunch every day. Great coffee. Bartender in-house. Pragmatic approach to product, engineering, marketing & growth. Off-sites & parties, moments to remember. Get things done We care about winning. We’re an early stage startup, and we move with urgency. We don’t whiteboard, brainstorm ideas or waste time in endless meetings. We ship things, we fix things, we make things happen. We are working on exceptionally challenging tasks at a rapid pace. We care about results, not efforts. We don’t keep slackers around, and we don’t prioritize seniority over great ideas. We’re in the details. A great workplace is not about having the best gym, sleeping pods, or frequent parties. It’s about working as a team on some of the most ambitious goals. It’s a place where we learn the most and do the work we can be proud of. Be the person who executes the “deploy” command. Be the one who organizes a customer conference. Take charge. Real artists ship. 01 Do a lot with little We’re a small team and we can’t do what years-old big-tech corporations do — and we believe that’s a good thing. We can’t buy an F1 sponsorship or a Super Bowl ad, but we can sponsor a tech blogger to start their side hustle. Doing a lot with little is our think different . It means we have to find original and better ways of doing things, not replicating how they have always been done. It’s this David-like approach that makes us succeed even in the Goliath-like challenges. 02 Be nice, do the right thing Being nice to each other is a vital value of the company we all want to work at. There is no space for “brilliant jerks”. You have to be kind. Well-meant feedback is always delivered with respect. We nurture a culture of quiet confidence and open humbleness. There is no space for selfishness on our team. We appreciate the privilege of working with each other and lift each other up. We won’t compromise on what we believe in to cut corners. We’re in this for the long run and want to win right, even if that means taking the harder path. This applies to not just treating our people well but also to how we do business with everyone outside the company. 03 Don’t ask for permission We hire A players and let them make the decisions independently without asking for a permission first. Our goal isn’t to micromanage. Our goal is to get out of your way and let you do your best work. 04 Reason from first principles We don’t let the anecdotal evidence of how things have been done until now limit us in thinking what’s possible. We ask why. We question the
requirements. We get inspiration from others to learn from their mistakes, but we always prioritize the common sense over anecdotes. The only true limitations are the laws of physics. 05 Work at a fast-growing startup in a team of super-talented colleagues (Y Combinator alumni, ex-Google & ex-Shopify engineers, and… you?). Work hard, treat people well, and have fun. Our investors 2021 Founded 300,000+ Developers $28.6M Funding Lachy Groom Ex-Stripe Rahul Mehta Managing partner at DST Global Aaron Levie CEO Box Madhu Muthukumar CPO at Notion Ryan Petersen CEO at Flexport Kulpreet Singh ex-UiPath Michael Stoppelman Ex-VP at Yelp Zach Sims CEO at Codecademy Emil Eifrem Founder of Neo4j Kevin Indig Director of SEO at Shopify Tim Soulo CMO at Ahrefs Jakub Jurovych Founder of Deepnote Open roles Remote Remote (North America & Europe) Hardcore mode Opt-in to work 60 hours a week, reply to work messages on weekends, 20 10 vacation days, 13 public holidays, and unlimited sick days. Silicon Valley startups work “996”: 9am-9pm, 6 days a week. We think that’s unsustainable, but 60 hours a week can be, if you choose to opt-in. You’ll learn and grow faster, tackle more interesting challenges, and experience the true early-stage startup experience. The companies you admire were built this way. Work 1.5x the hours, earn 2x the
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compensation /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i $60K - $300K/year + equity $120K - $600K/year + equity · Remote Prague Founding Product Engineer $150K - $400K/year + equity $300K - $800K/year + equity · Remote Prague Recruiter $50K - $100K/year + equity $100K - $200K/year + equity · Remote Prague Customer Engineer $60K - $120K/year + equity $120K - $240K/year + equity · Remote Prague Customer Advocate $30K - $120K/year + equity $60K - $240K/year + equity · Remote Prague /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i $60K - $300K/year + equity $120K - $600K/year + equity · Remote Prague Founding Product Engineer $150K - $400K/year + equity $300K - $800K/year + equity · Remote Prague Recruiter $50K - $100K/year + equity $100K - $200K/year + equity · Remote Prague Customer Engineer $60K - $120K/year + equity $120K - $240K/year + equity · Remote Prague Customer Advocate $30K - $120K/year + equity $60K - $240K/year + equity · Remote Prague /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i Hardcore Remote (North America & Europe) Prague $60K - $300K/year + equity $120K - $600K/year + equity Apply The challenge Read about how we think about software and what it’s like to work here . We’re designing a product by engineers, for engineers. Our CTO, CEO, and COO are all software builders who understand what it takes to craft elegant, efficient, and delightful products. And we’re continuously looking for more amazing engineers to help us create high-quality software with exceptional UX—end to end. You’ll do more than write code. You’ll shape the product user experience , polish user interface, optimize backend performance, benchmark database queries, and ship secure, scalable software. We’re looking for software engineers who, if given enough time, could build Better Stack on their own. This role is not about filling a narrow niche but taking ownership and shipping impactful software that users love. We believe the best software engineers are at least 100x more productive than the average ones, as they can pragmatically switch between different styles of engineering . We don’t think of software engineers as a commodity . What you’ll do Use AI to aggressively ship high-quality code. We expect you to be on top of the latest tools , models and trends in AI-assisted software engineering. We think that using AI is no longer optional. We expect you to be amazing at prompting, to know when to leverage different models, and to have first-hand experience with Claude Code, Cursor, and opencode among others. At the same time, we expect you know when not to use LLMs and instead debug or design an algorithm by hand. We’re not looking for vibe coders. You’ll implement, test, and deploy secure, fast, and scalable code in production— independently or with lightweight collaboration. Work directly with our CTO, CEO, and our designer to deliver end-to-end features, from backend to frontend, within a single day. Use our modern yet opinionated tech stack—Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, Redpanda, JavaScript, Vue.js, Tailwind, Docker, and more. Keep our frontend fast and consider SEO & AEO. Ship software while maintaining security and performance across the stack— understanding basic web security principles without over-relying on frameworks. Collaborate asynchronously while avoiding unnecessary meetings. We trust you to manage your time and ship. This might be for you if Software is your hobby. You’ve written web scrapers for fun, built apps for personal use, or explored side projects to learn new tech. You love shipping things end-to-end. Styling buttons in the morning, adjusting the database schema at noon, and deploying to production in the afternoon? You’ll like it here. You value speed and pragmatism. You know how to prioritize and cut the right 5% of a feature to simplify its implementation by 100x. You take security very seriously, without blindly relying on modern frameworks. You write fast software. From optimizing SQL queries to reducing frontend reflows and choosing the right number of threads, you’re always looking for ways to keep applications fast. You’re a generalist. You don’t need to be an expert in every area of software engineering, but you’re comfortable wearing multiple hats and learning quickly. You care about UI and UX. Pixel-perfect designs and seamless user flows aren’t “just for designers.” Refactoring UI is/would be your go-to guide. You prefer fewer meetings and more doing instead. Team stand-ups? No thanks. Async tools and clear communication? Yes, please. It’s great if you’ve worked with our stack but it’s definitely not a requirement. We need you to be flexible about the tools you use. Great software engineers can pick up new stack fast. As far as you worked with some web technologies and at least some SQL databases, you’re just fine! You agree that software engineers are the artists of our age. Read Paul Graham ’s Hackers and Painters , one of our favorite books. Who you’ll work with We consider our team to be a professional sports team. Everyone aims to be the best in the world in what they do. From YC alumni to ex-Google and ex-Shopify colleagues, you’ll be in great company. Our founders Juraj (CEO) and Veronika (COO), and Tomas (CTO) who remain hands-on and ship code. Our 1-man design team Juraj jr., and Simon, engineer turned technical product manager, who ensure that every feature you build looks and feels incredible and consistent with the rest of the product. Apply Founding Product Engineer Hardcore Remote (North America & Europe) Prague $150K - $400K/year + equity $300K - $800K/year + equity Apply The challenge Please start by reading the description of the /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i role. You need to be an amazing full-stack engineer before moving to the Founding Product Engineering role. You can also read about how we think about software and what it’s like to work here . What you’ll do You’ll essentially run a startup within a startup. You’re ready to work extremely hard. This is a senior role with high expectations. Given enough time, you’d be able to build Better Stack from scratch and take others with you along the way. You’re an extremely strong /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i . You can analyze business models and you’re the kind of person who constantly comes up with new product ideas. You’re able to validate your product idea with pre-product design interviews. You’re great at user experience and copywriting. You can design and build a simple, lovable, and complete product . You understand the difference between prototyping and production engineering . You’re not just a product manager or an engineering manager. During the first year of the product, you’ll be the most active code committer in the product’s Github repository. You’ll be leading your team by example from the front lines. You know that a product without distribution is useless, you read the Coldstart problem , and admire products with built-in virality. You’re a skilled engineering manager, both a people manager , and a strong technical leader . You love data and you watched Alex Schultz’s lectures on growth . You’re ready to watch the first 10,000 Fullstory session recordings of people using your product. You’re a decent sales person. You can hop on a podcast, give a lecture, and fly across the country for a product demo. Why you should work with us Reading the above, you should be thinking: "if I can do all of those things, should I just start a startup myself?". Maybe you should! If that’s you, in fact you might be the perfect person for this job. Hear me out. Working with us, as opposed to starting your own startup, has multiple advantages: You know you’ll get paid. Most startups go to 0. With Better Stack you get no downside, yet an unlimited upside. You’ll have way less stress. You don’t have the balance sheet to worry about. You don’t need to calculate the runway till going bankrupt. Although you should be great at leading technical teams, we’ll help you with the ugly side of managing people . We’ll have your back. You don’t have to deal with legal, operations, compliance or VCs. You can fully focus on building great products. That’s a luxury most startup CEOs don’t have. You’ll learn a lot . You’ll work with
the team who built Better Stack from the ground up. We’ve seen the story of building both successful and failed products many times. You’ll go faster with us. You can fully leverage Better Stack’s existing resources to make your product successful: our data processing infrastructure, consistent UI/UX language, the strong developer brand, and our strong existing distribution . There’s close to 0 bureaucracy & politics at Better Stack. Your success will be fully in your hands. ...and you can always start your company afterwards! Apply Recruiter Hardcore Remote (North America & Europe) Prague $50K - $100K/year + equity $100K - $200K/year + equity Apply The challenge Better Stack has an unusually high concentration of makers. Every manager is an individual contributor and there’s close to 0 bureaucracy and politics. If you like meetings and 'strategy sessions', probably look elsewhere. But if you like winning and feel great about getting stuff done, you might love it here! Help us find like-minded makers that want to build the future of software. The way we work is quite different to most places. In fact, most people would probably not want to work with us , and we think that’s ok! Most people should not build early stage startups, in fact. When done right, however, even candidates we reject enjoy the interview experience and learn a lot. If you’re smart, open minded, driven and can think for yourself, read on! What you’ll do Scout for new talented colleagues, coordinate the hiring process, extend offers, and be the candidate’s voice throughout the company. Talk to many new people every week (20+ intro chats per week) and create genuine connections. Balance inbound vs outbound hiring, learning to spot candidates even if they never applied or may not have direct prior experience. Work directly with both of our co-founders, our CTO, and more teammates on bringing the very best people on board on-site in Prague as well as remotely in Europe and the US. Be in charge of creating an 11-star candidate experience . Craft extraordinary employer branding and make the company an obvious interview choice for talented candidates. A great startup culture needs to be founder-driven. You’ll be the fail-safe to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. This might be for you if You enjoy pitching a candidate the mission, culture, product, and our work style. Learn fast and can discuss engineering topics with engineers . You consider yourself full-stack, managing all aspects of recruiting, from sourcing to conducting intro calls with candidates, coordinating all stages of the interview process, and helping to extend the offer or providing the candidate with valuable feedback. You don’t hesitate to do a lot of outbound and you’re not waiting for candidates to apply on their own. You enjoy delighting candidates throughout the process by being fast, transparent, energetic, and kind. You have a builder’s mindset. There’s plenty of things we’re doing already, but a lot more we could be doing in the future! You are curious. You enjoy checking the latest trends and never miss an opportunity to read a good book, listen to a podcast episode, or watch a talk on talent or startup-related topics and share that knowledge. Who you’ll work with A team of smart and talented colleagues who are extraordinary at what they do and collaborate together to build an amazing product. Namely: Juraj & Veronika , both our co-founders, are hands-on and close to hiring every new colleague who joins
