Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals

At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. We need extraordinary database engineers to join our team to design, code, and test the core of our PostgreSQL-based database.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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)