Senior Platform Engineer - Postgres Specialist

Timescale

United States

On-site

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Comprehensive family leave

Fridays off in August

Stock options

Monthly WiFi stipend

Premium insurance options

Job summary

Timescale is seeking experienced engineers to join their remote team. You will enhance the Cloud database platform by designing features and ensuring operational excellence for PostgreSQL instances. Ideal candidates have experience with Kubernetes, Golang, and performance optimization. The position offers flexible PTO, comprehensive family leave, and stock options. Join a team shaping the future of data infrastructure globally.

Qualifications

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 or open source tooling.

Responsibilities

Design and implement database-related Cloud features for a seamless Postgres experience.
Ensure operational excellence and performance for Postgres instances.
Analyze and resolve complex performance issues faced by Cloud customers.

Skills

Dynamic stateful Postgres workloads

Kubernetes

Golang

Linux

Postgres performance analysis

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.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

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.

Benefits