About Prisma
Prisma is a forward-thinking digital solutions company dedicated to helping brands grow through creativity, innovation, and data-driven strategies. With a dynamic team of passionate professionals, Prisma specialises in blending technology with design to deliver impactful marketing campaigns, seamless user experiences, and measurable results. The company values collaboration, curiosity, and excellence — fostering an environment where ideas thrive and talent is nurtured. Whether it’s crafting engaging content, developing smart digital tools, or executing performance-driven campaigns, Prisma stands at the forefront of modern marketing innovation.
Job Overview
The successful candidate will join the Prisma Data Platform team, which oversees Accelerate, Prisma Postgres, and the underlying bare-metal cloud infrastructure supporting these products. This role involves contributing to various projects across the entire technology stack within the team.
Core Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and deploy a websocket server enabling customers to connect to Prisma Postgres from WASM environments where TCP connections are not available.
- Collaborate with the ORM team to define the server protocol, ensuring seamless integration and client adapter implementation.
- Select and deploy a globally distributed configuration store (such as etcd or rqlite) to securely manage encrypted authentication secrets and facilitate global routing for Prisma Postgres.
- Partner with an infrastructure engineer to enhance the automation of bare-metal server operations, aiming to minimise the provisioning time for new servers.
- Diagnose and resolve issues causing sporadic connectivity problems experienced by customers.
Skills & Requirements
The ideal candidate is expected to meet most of the following qualifications and attributes:
- A minimum of eight years’ experience working within agile software engineering teams, with a proven track record of delivering reliable web applications using TypeScript, Node.js, and Go (Golang).
- Demonstrated expertise in designing, building, and scaling distributed systems; experience with bare-metal server environments will be considered advantageous.
- Solid background in database and backend technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL databases, along with familiarity in working with cloud services and APIs (GraphQL/REST).
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of quality, balancing excellence with practicality, and displaying a strong sense of ownership—making informed trade-offs and driving results that create meaningful impact.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to express complex ideas clearly, adapt messaging for various audiences, provide and accept constructive feedback, and promote effective cross-team collaboration.
- A structured and analytical approach to problem-solving, marked by thoughtful decision-making, clear goal-setting, anticipation of potential challenges, and efficient execution while maintaining alignment with key stakeholders.
What’s in It for You
- Leadership Opportunity: A chance to lead a team at the forefront of Prisma’s cutting-edge cloud products, driving innovation in database tooling and transforming how developers build and scale modern applications.
- Supportive Team Environment: Join a collaborative, growth-oriented, and engaging team that values continuous learning and mutual support.
- Competitive Compensation: Receive a highly competitive base salary along with stock options, including extended post-termination exercise windows.
- Remote Flexibility: Enjoy the freedom to work fully remotely from anywhere within Prisma’s supported time zones. For those who prefer an office setting, a co-working space is available for up to ten days per month.
- Generous Leave Policies: Benefit from twenty-four days of paid vacation annually, along with paid sick leave.
- Parental Support: Access twenty weeks of fully paid parental leave and additional leave for child illness.
- Sabbatical Programme: Take advantage of six weeks of fully paid sabbatical leave after three consecutive years of service.
- Mental Health and Well-being: Receive four fully paid Mental Health Days each year and access to professional mental health resources.
- Equipment and Comfort Allowance: A dedicated tech and ergonomic budget, including an ergonomic chair subsidy, ensures employees have the right tools and comfort for productive work.
- Team Offsites: Participate in biannual, all-expenses-paid team retreats at exciting destinations.
- Relocation Support: After twelve months, employees choosing to relocate to Berlin can access a comprehensive relocation package.
- [US] Health and Retirement Benefits: For US-based employees, Prisma provides comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, along with 401(k) matching.
Remote Work
For optimal collaboration and communication, this position is open only to candidates located within the GMT -2 to GMT +3 time zones.
Hiring Process
Prisma follows a structured and transparent recruitment process designed to ensure a strong mutual fit:
- Introductory Call – An initial conversation with the prospective manager to discuss the role and expectations.
- Take-Home Assignment – A practical task to demonstrate relevant skills, followed by a detailed debrief discussion.
- System Design Interview – A technical interview conducted with one of the team’s peer engineers.
- Interview with the Head of Engineering – A deeper discussion focusing on technical vision and alignment with team goals.
- Final Interview – A concluding conversation with the CEO or COO.
- Offer Stage – Successful candidates receive a formal offer to join the Prisma team.