About Us
We’re a small and technical team in San Francisco. We’re funded by Y Combinator and Essence VC, alongside many founders of your favorite devtools. We hire good people.The Roles
Systems Engineer (SF)
Full Time :: $150k-$250k :: 1-2% EquityWork on Butter’s data layer, building a distributed storage and query engine that scales to thousands of RPS.Requires: extensive experience with systems programming (C, Go, Rust, Zig, etc.) and cloud infra & k8s.
Wildcard (SF)
Full Time :: NegotiableNot a perfect fit for the role(s) above? We’re open to exceptional people who bring something we didn’t know we needed.Requires: demonstrable expertise relevant to developer infra.
How to Apply
Send your resume and/or Github portfolio to erik@butter.dev, with a few sentences about why you’d be a great fit. When in doubt, tell us about a time you’ve shipped real software to real users, and what you learned along the way.FAQ
Are you open to remote? No. We believe it’s important to be in-person during the early stages, and cannot make exceptions. It’s obviously a huge leap, so we help with:- Visa sponsorship
- Relocation fees
- Flexible salary for those supporting a family