Principal Software Engineer – Postgres

🔥 13 hours ago

🏈 North America – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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📋 Description

• Lead design and implementation of advanced systems features across storage, replication, query execution, and performance optimization • Contribute to and extend Postgres internals to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency • Prototype and build Postgres extensions integrating with cloud-native infrastructure • Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and cloud platform teams • Profile and optimize database performance using low-level instrumentation and benchmarking • Provide technical leadership and set engineering excellence standards • Mentor senior engineers • Drive projects autonomously from concept to production • Shape critical data-platform components and architectural direction for systems serving massive workloads

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building systems software in C/C++ or Rust • Go experience is a plus • Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL or other database engine internals, including storage, execution, or replication subsystems • Strong understanding of concurrency, operating systems, and performance engineering • Proven ability to ship large-scale systems or core infrastructure features end-to-end • Experience contributing to open-source databases or similar complex systems is highly desirable • Ability to work independently with significant autonomy and ownership • Pragmatic problem-solving approach with a bias for simplicity and measurable impact • Ability to thrive in a high-autonomy, high-velocity environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; remote-friendly globally distributed company • Employer contributions towards healthcare • Stock options for every new team member • Flexible time off in the US • Generous time-off entitlement in other countries • USD$500 home office setup allowance for remote employees • Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

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