Senior Remote PostgreSQL Database Engineer

Insight Global; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a fully remote PostgreSQL Developer / Database Engineer to design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale PostgreSQL environments. You will build scalable architectures and implement complex SQL/PLpgSQL, while supporting high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.

Collaborate with data, application, and DevOps teams on ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time data flows, and cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PostgreSQL development and database engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL design, architecture, and data modeling.
• Advanced SQL and PL/pgSQL development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale PostgreSQL environments.
• Support HA, backups, recovery, and disaster mitigation.
• Collaborate with data, application, and DevOps teams on ETL/ELT pipelines and real-time data flows.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database design

SQL/PLpgSQL

Indexing strategies

ETL/ELT

Kafka/CDC

Python/Java/Bash

REST APIs/Microservices

Docker/Kubernetes

Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GC)

IaC/CI-CD

Data security and privacy

Tools

pgAdmin

psql

pg_dump/pg_restore

Monitoring tools

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a fully remote PostgreSQL Developer / Database Engineer to design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale PostgreSQL environments. You will build scalable architectures and implement complex SQL/PLpgSQL, while supporting high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.

Collaborate with data, application, and DevOps teams on ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time data flows, and cloud deployments.