Postgres Engineer

What you'll own

• Build and maintain PostgreSQL extensions in C and Rust, with a deep understanding of internals — parser, planner, WAL mechanics, and MVCC
• Diagnose and resolve issues in managed PostgreSQL deployments, including custom extension failures, core dump analysis, and performance bottlenecks
• Own idempotent deployment pipelines across thousands of running PostgreSQL instances, including testing and rollout strategies
• Manage complex extension ecosystems — compatibility, upgrade paths, and conflict resolution
• Work with PostgreSQL's background worker framework, shared memory management, and hook system to build reliable, scalable functionality
• Collaborate closely with customers, partners, product, engineering, support, and success teams to maintain a secure, stable, and performant Postgres foundation

What you bring

• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals - query planner, executor, and storage engine mechanics
• Proven experience building PostgreSQL extensions in both C and Rust
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL's permission model: RLS, roles, and grant systems
• Experience troubleshooting production issues in managed PostgreSQL environments, including custom extension issues, performance bottlenecks, and resource contention
• Comfortable building, testing, and owning idempotent deployments across thousands of running Postgres instances
• Ability to read and navigate PostgreSQL source code confidently
• Experience with multi-tenant database architectures
• Experience running PostgreSQL at scale