Platform Engineer — Postgres Platform

Job Overview

ParadeDB is a transactional alternative to Elasticsearch built on Postgres. We build state-of-the-art full-text search and columnar analytics as a Postgres extension. Companies like Modern Treasury, BILT Rewards, Alibaba Cloud, and many others use ParadeDB to eliminate ETL/change data capture tools, add transactional guarantees to their search indexes, and perform JOINs on their search data.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the ParadeDB Bring-Your-Own-Cloud platform by implementing features centered around Kubernetes, Postgres operations like backups and replication, Terraform and cloud APIs


• Develop deployment, monitoring, and testing infrastructure around the ParadeDB database product and the ParadeDB BYOC product


• Directly interface with customers to assist in their initial release and in the on-going maintenance of their ParadeDB deployment(s)


• Develop and maintain documentation, including API references and user guides


• Engage directly with our customers and open-source community on GitHub and Slack


• Contribute to technical writing, product demos, and content marketing


• Help shape ParadeDB's product roadmap and technical direction

Required Qualifications

• A solid foundation in cloud infrastructure/architecture and Kubernetes


• Experience working with Kubernetes in a production environment (bonus points if you have experience working with CloudNativePG or Neon)


• Experience operating Postgres in a production environment (bonus point if you have experience working with Postgres features like logical replication and backups)


• Proficiency in infrastructure tooling like Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, YAML, Bash/Python, etc.


• Experience engaging with customers directly in a solutions engineering/SRE-type role or working on a Bring-Your-Own-Cloud type of solution


• Experience supporting customers in a production environment


• Experience building robust CI/CD pipelines for continuous benchmarking, testing, and releasing


• Proficiency in cloud programming with Go


• Familiarity with Elasticsearch-type workloads or analytical databases is a plus

About ParadeDB

We're a small, focused team of engineers dedicated to creating an inclusive and enjoyable work environment. We have an office in San Francisco, with some team members distributed across the United States and Canada. We’re a Series A Company with a flat structure, strong investors, and lots of room for growth.

Benefits

ParadeDB is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment for people of all backgrounds. We urge candidates of all backgrounds to apply.