# Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals

**Company:** [Tigerdata](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tigerdata)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** C, C++, Postgres, SQL, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Jepsen, Valgrind, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2025-04-08

> Designs, codes, and tests core PostgreSQL database features including analytics, clustering, query optimizations, and distributed operations. Requires 5+ years experience with C/C++, database internals, and systems building.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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, gaining insight into the needs and experiences of our users.
- Be an enthusiastic and personable teammate, receiving and providing code reviews and partnering and helping other engineers.

## Requirements
- 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.
- Passion for building highly reliable system software.
- Experience with industry-standard software validation tools helpful, e.g., **Jepsen**, **Valgrind**, **Coverity**, **pprof**, etc.

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

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