Senior Platform Engineer

Timescale; España; A distancia; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A data infrastructure company is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to maintain and enhance its PostgreSQL platform. This fully remote position requires expertise in Go, Kubernetes, and distributed systems. You will work closely with teams to solve complex infrastructure challenges and automate workflows. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in the industry and a passion for developing scalable cloud services.

Servicios

Flexible PTO

Fully remote opportunities

Stock options

Monthly WiFi stipend

Premium insurance options

Formación

• 5+ years of software/platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years of Go in production environments.
• Experience in distributed systems and microservice architectures.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain stability of the control plane in a distributed microservice architecture.
• Debug and resolve complex Kubernetes issues across multiple regions.
• Develop back-end features for Tiger Cloud.

Conocimientos

Go programming

Kubernetes operations

Distributed systems

Microservice architectures

Infrastructure as Code

PostgreSQL

Herramientas

Helm

Terraform

Prometheus

Linux

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Join to apply for the Senior Platform Engineer role at Timescale . TigerData, formerly Timescale, is a fully remote, distributed team building the fastest PostgreSQL platform for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. We empower developers and businesses with real-time insights and scalable data infrastructure.

We are looking for experienced engineers to build and maintain the platform for our managed TimescaleDB cloud services. You will work with a close-knit team to develop and operate the infrastructure powering our platform, including Kubernetes-based clusters and related tooling. If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and automating workflows, this role is for you.

TigerData is an all-remote organization, preferably within EU / Spain. This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities

• Maintain stability of the control plane in a distributed microservice architecture, integrating with Kubernetes and cloud provider APIs.
• Debug and resolve complex Kubernetes issues across multiple regions and clouds.
• Automate database lifecycle operations (deploy, resize, upgrade, fork).
• Participate in on-call rotation, handle incident response, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Develop back-end features for Tiger Cloud within a distributed microservice architecture, focusing on platform and database capabilities.
• Develop Kubernetes controllers, operators, and CRDs to extend platform capabilities.
• Enhance observability and monitoring systems; improve deployment reliability and client tooling (CLI interfaces).
• Collaborate with infrastructure and software engineering teams to ensure platform scalability and reliability.
• Stay current with Kubernetes releases, CNI / CSI interfaces, and cluster orchestration tools.
• Write idiomatic Go code with comprehensive unit and integration tests; maintain 80% code coverage.
• Perform peer reviews and follow Go / Kubernetes best practices; ensure security compliance and vulnerability management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software / platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years of Go in production environments.
• 3+ years Kubernetes operations (building, debugging, scaling clusters).
• Experience in distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with our core technologies : Go, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL / TimescaleDB, gRPC & Protobufs; Rust is a plus for low-latency apps.
• Infrastructure & DevOps : Helm, Kubernetes Operators, CI / CD (GitHub Actions), Prometheus / OpenTelemetry / Jaeger, Terraform / Pulumi, Linux / Bash, Kubernetes lifecycle tools.
• Database experience with PostgreSQL / TimescaleDB, including administration, backups, replication, performance tuning, and query optimization.

Nice to have

• Experience with TimescaleDB or PostgreSQL in production.
• Cloud provider expertise (AWS, Azure; both a plus).
• Experience with self-hosted Kubernetes clusters (not only cloud providers).
• Familiarity with CNI / CSI plugins and tuning of Kubernetes core components.
• Previous work on database-as-a-service or large-scale distributed systems.

Our Commitment

• We respond to every applicant and strive for fair, timely communication.
• We maintain a rigorous interview process with a high bar to meet team members across our organization.

About TigerData

TigerData, formerly Timescale, offers a fast PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads, trusted by thousands of customers across 25+ countries. We’re backed by significant investment and are building the future of data infrastructure.

Learn more at or follow us on Twitter @TigerDatabase.

What we offer

• Flexible PTO and family leave
• Fully remote opportunities globally
• Stock options for long-term growth
• Monthly WiFi stipend and professional development resources
• Premium insurance options for eligible employees