Careers

Builders who care about
reliable data.

We're a small, senior team building Zipline - the connector engine that quietly moves billions of rows for teams that can't afford to lose a message. No noise, no hype, just durable infrastructure.

No open roles right now We hire deliberately. Leave your details and we'll reach out when something opens up that fits your background.

Six things we actually mean.

These aren't posters in a kitchen. They're how decisions get made when nobody's watching.

Durability over novelty

The interesting code is the code that keeps running. We optimize for the boring middle of the night, not the demo.

Small team, big leverage

Every hire is expected to ship like a senior engineer on day one. We trust each other to own end-to-end and move without a queue.

Numbers, not narratives

If a benchmark or postmortem is on the line, we link the dashboard. Vibes are not a substitute for P99 latency.

Customers in the room

Engineers do support rotations. The fastest way to design a good API is to watch someone fail to use the bad one.

Default to writing

Decisions live in async docs. Meetings are for things async can't resolve. Your time is yours.

Ship the boring fix

Reliability work counts as feature work. Refactors that nobody sees are still real progress.

Remote, async, deliberate.

We're remote across time zones. There are no standups. Calls happen when async stops working. We work in 6-week cycles with a 2-week cool-down - heavily inspired by Shape Up.

Fully remote, anywhere If you can overlap with one other person on the team for 3 hours a day, you're good.
Equity that means something 10-year exercise window. We tell you your stake in dollars, not percentage points.
Real PTO + a sabbatical Minimum 4 weeks. After 3 years, take 6 weeks paid to do whatever you want. We mean it.
Kit budget, no questions $3,000 for your first year - laptop, monitor, chair, whatever helps you do your best work.
Two retreats a year One for the whole company, one for your team. Travel covered. Bring a partner if you want.

Not hiring today.
But we like meeting builders.

If you've shipped something hard and want to chat - even casually - we're genuinely interested. No pitch, no funnel.

hello@zipline.run