Remote Postgres‑Focused Database Engineer (Equity + Bonus)

Jobgether

Canada

Remote

CAD 96,000 - 192,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation
Bonus program eligibility
Wellness allowance

Job summary

Jobgether, on behalf of a partner, seeks a Software Engineer – Database based in Canada to design and maintain database-driven services for a regulated digital asset exchange. You will work on PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and high-volume data integrity, primarily with Haskell-based services, alongside cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and auditability.

You will optimize queries, contribute to data models, review migrations, and participate in on‑call rotations to support daily

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering in a functional or strongly typed language (Haskell, Rust, or C++)
  • Strong SQL and PostgreSQL knowledge including transactions and isolation levels
  • Solid CS fundamentals: data structures, concurrency, distributed systems

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deliver features across exchange services using Haskell
  • Understand end-to-end order, trade, clearing, and settlement workflows
  • Design DB schemas, constraints, and indexes for financial data
  • Develop safe migrations for large tables with minimal disruption
  • Review migrations for quality and consistency
  • Analyze queries and production metrics to optimize performance
  • Monitor production systems and support daily settlement cycles
  • Investigate incidents and document root causes

Skills

Functional language experience
PostgreSQL expertise
SQL & transactions
Distributed systems
On-call readiness
Data modeling
Code review discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL
Atlas schema management

Job description

Jobgether, on behalf of a partner, seeks a Software Engineer – Database based in Canada to design and maintain database-driven services for a regulated digital asset exchange. You will work on PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and high-volume data integrity, primarily with Haskell-based services, alongside cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and auditability.

You will optimize queries, contribute to data models, review migrations, and participate in on‑call rotations to support daily

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