Description

You will own the stability, performance, and strategic roadmap for our PostgreSQL infrastructure.

This role is remote.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve high-priority performance and stability issues in production PostgreSQL instances.
• Audit current DBaaS configurations and hosting strategies to determine if migration or optimization is required for scaling.
• Review backup protocols and restoration strategies to ensure zero-data-loss integrity and reliability.
• Identify missing or redundant indexes, implement query tuning, and optimize schema design to remove bottlenecks.
• Evaluate the monitoring and alerting stack, implementing improvements to detect issues before they impact users.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in database engineering.
• Deep expertise with PostgreSQL internals, query optimization, and index strategies.
• Strong background in database performance engineering and troubleshooting.
• Experience auditing and improving disaster recovery and backup protocols.
• Ability to evaluate DBaaS providers and hosting architectures.
• Proficiency in designing observability and alerting systems for databases.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree