Senior Software Engineer – Database Internals
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Database Engineer designing and developing PostgreSQL internal features and capabilities at Tiger Data. Working remotely to optimize and enhance TimescaleDB for performance and scalability.
Responsibilities:
- Play a core role in helping to design and develop new database capabilities, including analytics, clustering and distributed operations, query and storage optimizations, and more.
- Develop, test, and release new features and functionality from our database technical roadmap.
- Continually improve, optimize, and test the existing functionality of TimescaleDB.
- Improve infrastructure to evaluate and test database correctness and performance.
- Work closely with our Cloud Engineering team to build a world-class experience for our TigerData customers.
- Provide elevated technical assistance to high-value customers, gaining insight into the needs and experiences of our users.
- Be an enthusiastic and personable teammate, receiving and providing code reviews and partnering and helping other engineers.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of engineering experience.
- Expertise in building industrial-strength software in C/C++ for large code bases.
- Experience in PostgreSQL internal development is highly desirable (but not required).
- Solid knowledge of SQL, query processing and database engines, concurrency control, data replication, and/or distributed systems.
- Passion for building highly reliable system software.
- Experience with industry-standard software validation tools helpful, e.g., Jepsen, Valgrind, Coverity, pprof, etc.
Benefits:
- Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
- Fridays off in August 😎
- Fully remote opportunities globally
- Stock options for long-term growth
- Monthly WiFi stipend
- Professional development and educational resources 📚
- Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)















