Senior Platform Engineer - Postgres Specialist

Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)

Time (IL)

Remote

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

1 hour ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Fridays off in August

Fully remote opportunities globally

Stock options

Monthly WiFi stipend

Professional development resources

Premium insurance options (US-based)

Job summary

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, is building the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern cloud workloads. We design features that elevate Postgres in our Cloud experience and relentlessly improve performance, observability, and reliability across a global, remote-first team.

We seek engineers with deep Postgres experience, Kubernetes orchestration, and Go/Linux expertise. Join us to help scale real-time analytics and intelligent applications at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

Extensive experience running dynamic stateful Postgres workloads at scale.
Deep knowledge of Go, Linux, and Apate.
Contributions to the Postgres ecosystem or related tooling.
Track record building internal systems and tools for managing Postgres at scale.
Experience analyzing database performance and tuning Postgres workloads.

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing Cloud features for the database, across stack layers for a seamless Postgres experience.
Ensuring operational excellence, performance, and observability for Postgres/Timescale instances.
Troubleshooting and resolving complex performance issues faced by Cloud customers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Linux

Apate

PostgreSQL

Tools

Docker

Open source tooling

Job description

At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, Tiger accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale. As a globally distributed, remote-first team committed to direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence, we're shaping the future of data infrastructure, built for speed, flexibility, and simplicity.

We're looking for experienced engineers to help us build our Cloud database experience and ensure operational excellence on our database platform. You will work with a close-knit team, handling performance and operational issues on our Platform, as well as designing and developing features that elevate our Cloud database experience.

This is a remote and a full-time position in the US and EU.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Designing and implementing database-related Cloud features, working across many layers of the stack to ensure a seamless Postgres experience
Ensuring operational excellence, performance, and observability for our fleet of Postgres/Timescale instances
Diving deep into complex performance issues faced by our Cloud customers

You’d Be a Great Fit If You Have

Extensive experience running and orchestrating dynamic stateful Postgres workloads at scale on Kubernetes
Deep knowledge of Golang, Linux, and Apate.
Contributions to the Postgres ecosystem – either core Postgres or open source tooling around it
Track record of building internal systems, services, and tools for managing Postgres at scale
Deep experience with analyzing database performance, tuning Postgres parameters, and optimizing Postgres workloads.

About Tiger Data

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, sets the standard as the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads. Trusted by more than 2,000 customers across 25+ countries and powering over 3 million active databases, we enable developers and organizations to build real-time, intelligent applications at scale. Backed by $180 million from top-tier investors, Tiger Data is building the new standard for data infrastructure, built on PostgreSQL, designed for the future.

Want to get a feel for how we work and what we value? Check out our blog post:

What It Takes to Thrive at Tiger Data

Our Tech Stack

We don't require previous experience with our tech stack, but enthusiasm for learning is key. Our technologies include PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and innovative features like Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, and real-time analytics.

What We Offer

(Please note that benefits may vary based on country.)