Senior Infrastructure Engineer, PostgreSQL

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Denmark, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Deploy, manage, and optimize PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes, taking responsibility for high availability, performance, backups, and disaster recovery.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Kubernetes operators and controllers using Go to automate database and platform operations.

• Design, construct, and operate robust cloud infrastructure on AWS across various accounts and regions.

• Create and sustain Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, automating manual operational workflows.

• Enhance reliability, scalability, and security through monitoring, observability, and proactive capacity planning.

• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues spanning PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automation.

• Establish and advocate for best practices in database operations while mentoring engineers.

• Take full ownership of Laravel Cloud’s managed PostgreSQL service, encompassing operations, automation, reliability, and best practices.

• Achieve measurable enhancements in performance, scalability, and operational maturity.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering.

• Extensive production PostgreSQL knowledge, including performance tuning, replication, backups and recovery, high availability, major version upgrades, and troubleshooting.

• Expertise in AWS or GCP for designing, deploying, and operating production cloud infrastructure.

• Preferred experience with large AWS environments, customer data, multi-account configurations, and multiple regions.

• Practical experience with production Kubernetes and container orchestration, including stateful workloads, storage, networking, RBAC, cluster upgrades, and troubleshooting.

• Strong proficiency in Go with experience in building and maintaining Kubernetes operators and controllers.

• Familiarity with Kubebuilder, controller-runtime, or Operator SDK.

• Solid understanding of Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals, including network protocols, load balancing, caching, and DNS management.

• Experience utilizing Infrastructure as Code within a team, with a preference for Terraform.

• Knowledge of CI/CD and GitOps workflows, including tools like Argo CD or Flux.

• Proficiency with logging, monitoring, and alerting tools and processes, including Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.

• Preferred experience with PostgreSQL on Kubernetes using CloudNativePG or Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Join a small, close-knit team where every developer is valued.

• Enjoy a fully remote and globally distributed working environment.

• Opportunity to attend Laracon conferences worldwide.

• Comprehensive health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).

• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.

• Family leave options available (Maternity, Paternity).

• Pension plans applicable as per local regulations.

• Performance-based bonus plan.

• Company equity opportunities.

• Flexible working hours with minimal bureaucracy.