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Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals

At Timescale, we empower businesses with real-time insights from their data, allowing them to make faster decisions and optimize operations. We are creating a movement to unblock developers who are building the future. Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform.

We need extraordinary database engineers to join our team. You will design, code, and test the core of our PostgreSQL-based time-series database. We focus on building a scalable, reliable, robust, usable, secure, and performant database. You should have strong systems-building experience and expertise in C, understand query optimization and database systems, and ideally already be a PostgreSQL expert (or show an interest and quick aptitude to become a PostgreSQL expert).

This is a remote and full-time position.

What you will be responsible for:

  • 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 Timescale 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.

You’d be a great fit if you have:

  • 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.

Our Commitment:

  • We will respond to all applicants

  • We strive to review all applications fairly, without bias, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience.

  • All active candidates will be informed of what is happening next in the process.

About Timescale🐯

Timescale is the creator of TimescaleDB and PGVectorscale, trusted by tens of thousands of organizations for their mission-critical time-series applications. We're committed to empowering developers and businesses worldwide, helping them build data-driven products that measure everything that matters—from software applications and industrial equipment to financial markets, blockchain activity, consumer behavior, machine learning models, and climate change.

By analyzing data across time (“time-series data”), developers gain insights into what’s happening, how it’s changing, and why. With a global, fully remote workforce, Timescale is supported by top investors, including Tiger Global, Benchmark Capital, NEA, Redpoint Ventures, Icon Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.

Enjoy debating the crunch-factor of different chicken nuggets 🍗, sweating it out during lunch 💦, talking about your kids, whether they be actual children 👶🏽, potted plants 🌱, or four-legged creatures 🐾? You’ll fit right in at Timescale!

Our Tech stack: 

We share our tech stack with the caveat that we don’t require previous experience in it (but a love of these languages is helpful): Timescale's tech stack includes TimescaleDB, built on PostgreSQL, along with AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python for scalable time-series data management.

To learn more, visit www.timescale.com or follow us on Twitter @TimescaleDB.

What we’re offering

Benefits may differ from country to country.

  • Flexible PTO and family leave

  • Fridays off in August 😎

  • Full remote work from almost anywhere

  • Stock options

  • Monthly WiFi stipend

  • Professional development and educational benefits 📚

  • Premium insurance options for you and your family (US employees)

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