Senior Software Engineer - Postgres
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ClickHouseDatabase, Cloud Platform
United States (remote)Full-TimeSenior
Salary$140,000 - $208,000 USD (Base) or $155,000 - $230,000 USD (US Premium Markets)
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Job Details
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Required Skills
- PostgreSQLPythonKubernetesRubyGoRustCI/CDTerraformDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 6+ years in software engineering, ideally with experience building or operating database or cloud platform systems.
- Deep understanding of Postgres—configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.
- Strong programming experience in one or several of Ruby, Go, Rust, C or Python.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD).
- Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.
- Pragmatic, detail-oriented, and comfortable with both greenfield development and operational ownership.
- Ability to contribute across backend APIs, platform automation, and Postgres internals.
- Strong communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Founder's mindset, with the ability to operate with autonomy, identify opportunities, and drive execution.
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend services that orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud.
- Extend our platform control plane—written in Ruby, Go, and TypeScript—to support new Postgres capabilities.
- Contribute to PostgreSQL extensions and data plane agents, written in C, C++ or Rust.
- Contribute to automation and tooling that simplify cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and product teams to ensure operational excellence, performance, and reliability.
- Develop APIs and integrations that expose new Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems.
- Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and on-call rotations, contributing to the overall reliability and velocity of the team.
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