Senior Software Engineer – Postgres

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and develop backend services that manage and orchestrate database clusters within ClickHouse Cloud

• Enhance the Ruby, Go, and TypeScript platform control plane to accommodate new PostgreSQL features

• Contribute to the development of PostgreSQL extensions and data-plane agents using C, C++, or Rust

• Create automation and tools for provisioning, scaling, and managing the lifecycle of clusters

• Work alongside infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to achieve operational excellence, performance, and reliability

• Develop APIs and integrations that expose new PostgreSQL functionalities to both customers and internal systems

• Enhance observability, safety in deployments, and debugging processes for database services

• Engage in design discussions, conduct code reviews, and participate in on-call rotations

• Recognize opportunities, drive implementation, and make a significant impact

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in software engineering

• Ideal candidates will have experience in building or managing database or cloud platform systems

• Profound knowledge of PostgreSQL configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning

• Strong programming skills in one or more of the following: Ruby, Go, Rust, C, or Python

• Openness to working across multiple programming languages

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices

• Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration methodologies

• Comfortable with greenfield development and taking operational ownership

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication abilities

• Capability to work independently with a founder's mindset

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; a globally distributed and remote-friendly company

• Employer contributions towards healthcare

• Stock options available for every new team member

• Flexible time off policy for employees in the US

• Generous time-off entitlement for employees in other countries

• USD$500 allowance for home office setup for remote team members

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsite events