# Senior Platform Engineer - Postgres Specialist

**Company:** [Tigerdata](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tigerdata)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Skills:** Postgres, Kubernetes, Go, Linux, Apate, AWS, Docker, Python, Timescale, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-01-26

> Designs and implements cloud database features for Postgres platform, ensures operational excellence, performance, and observability for large-scale Postgres/Timescale instances on Kubernetes. Requires deep Postgres expertise, Golang, and experience managing stateful workloads at scale.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing database-related Cloud features, working across many layers of the stack to ensure a seamless Postgres experience
- Ensuring operational excellence, performance, and observability for our fleet of Postgres/Timescale instances
- Diving deep into complex performance issues faced by our Cloud customers

## Requirements
- Extensive experience running and orchestrating dynamic stateful Postgres workloads at scale on **Kubernetes**
- Deep knowledge of **Golang**, **Linux**, and **Apate**
- Contributions to the Postgres ecosystem – either core Postgres or open source tooling around it
- Track record of building internal systems, services, and tools for managing Postgres at scale
- Deep experience with analyzing database performance, tuning Postgres parameters, and optimizing Postgres workloads

## Tech Stack
**PostgreSQL**, **Tiger Cloud**, **AWS**, **Go**, **Docker**, **Kubernetes**, **Python**, Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, real-time analytics

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