Build the future of agentic SRE.

What we look for

• You've shipped something hard. A platform, a system, an open-source project, a successful incident response. Track record over titles.
• You think in systems. When you see a bug, you think about the class of bugs it represents and what removes the class entirely.
• You write clearly. Code, docs, pull-request descriptions, postmortems. The medium is irrelevant; the clarity is everything.
• You're calm under load. Production breaks. The on-call who stays calm is worth ten of the one who panics.
• You're hungry to learn. Nova spans observability, AI, distributed systems, security, sales. You won't be expert in all of it on day one; you should be willing to become expert in the parts that matter.

How we work

Remote-first, async-default. Most work happens in writing, code, or recorded demos. Real-time meetings are reserved for decisions that genuinely benefit from synchronous discussion.

Ship-then-iterate. Small, frequent releases beat big, infrequent ones. The DORA metrics are not just for customers, they're how we operate internally.

Build in public. Most of what we build ends up on the blog, in the GitHub org, or as part of the open-source CLI. The work is the marketing.

Founder-direct. No SDR layer between you and Samson. You'll work with him on hard product calls in week one.

Status: hiring asynchronously

We don't keep a list of named open roles. Instead, we hire when we meet the right person for a real problem, founding engineer, founding designer, founding GTM, founding solutions architect. If you can imagine a role that helps Nova ship faster, propose it.

What to send: a short note about what you've built (one paragraph + one or two links), and what you'd want to build at Nova (one paragraph). No cover letter, no resume necessary, though include a CV/LinkedIn if you'd like.

Compensation & logistics

Cash + equity, weighted toward equity. Pre-Series-A founder-led startup, the equity grant is meaningful and the upside is real. Cash is competitive but not FAANG-tier; that's deliberate.

Remote-friendly worldwide. Async hires expected; founder is in CST. Some roles will need overlap with North American business hours.

Health, time off, learning budget. Standard at hire, formalized as the team grows past ten people.

Apply to Nova

Founder-direct. Samson reads every application and replies within one business day.