2x founder

Lev Kokotov

Scaling PostgreSQL with PgDog. YC P25.

Founder

2025Founder· PgDog

Founder · since 2022

Company

PgDog

Role

Founder

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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PgDog

Scaling engine for PostgreSQL

Experience

Career

PgDog
Founder
Founder · San Francisco, California, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
PostgresML
Founder
Founder & CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2022 – 2024
2022
Lattice
Staff Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2022
2022
Instacart
Senior Software Engineer · San Francisco, California · 2018 – 2022
2018
Paladin AI
Senior Software Developer · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2017 – 2018
2017
BEEM HQ
Full Stack Developer · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2016 – 2017
2016
Concordia University
Teaching Assistant · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2016 – 2017
2016
RuveneCo INC
Full Stack Developer · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2014 – 2016
2014
Freelance Web Development
Full Stack Developer · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2014 – 2016
2014
Hudson's Bay Company
Sales · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2011 – 2014
2011
Self-employed
IT Technician · Montreal, QC, Canada · 2009 – 2011
2009

Second time technical founder, sharded Postgres at Instacart in 2020 during peak growth. Previously built PostgresML (AI + PostgreSQL = 🚀).