Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer

OpenTable

Senior PostgreSQL engineer leading reliable, scalable database infrastructure for OpenTable’s restaurant reservation platform in Toronto. Automating cloud-native operations, optimizing performance, and supporting engineering teams.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$115,000 - CA$125,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in PostgreSQL architecture, high-availability solutions, and cloud database strategies, with a strong focus on automation and operational excellence. Proven ability to lead complex database initiatives and mentor engineering teams to enhance technical standards and collaboration.

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PostgreSQL AdministrationHigh-Availability SolutionsDatabase AutomationSQL ProficiencyCloud Database Strategy

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Hard Skills

PostgreSQL ArchitectureDisaster RecoveryQuery OptimizationInfrastructure-as-CodePythonGoBashDatabase ProvisioningReplicationConnection Management

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringCross-Team Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

GrafanaPrometheusOpenTelemetryKubernetesContainerization

Industry Keywords

Database Lifecycle ManagementOperational ExcellenceTelemetryObservabilityDistributed Databases

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoGrafanaKubernetesMongoDBPostgresPrometheusPythonRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design, architecture, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL environments to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and scalable performance.
Automate provisioning, major-version upgrades, monitoring, and credential rotation across database infrastructure.
Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to review database designs, optimize schemas, improve query performance, and establish safe migration practices.
Drive cloud database strategy across multi-region environments, balancing performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
Serve as a senior technical escalation point during production incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement long-term reliability improvements.
Mentor engineers, establish reusable operational patterns, and raise technical standards through documentation and cross-team collaboration.
Provide technical leadership for the reliability, performance, scalability, security, and evolution of OpenTable’s PostgreSQL platform.
Own complex database initiatives end-to-end and help build an automated, cloud-native data platform.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience administering, engineering, and operating PostgreSQL or equivalent complex database systems in production environments.
Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and internals, including query planning, locking, write-ahead logging, replication, vacuuming, and connection management.
Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability, disaster-recovery, and failover solutions for critical database infrastructure.
Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming or automation language such as Python, Go, or Bash.
Hands-on experience building database automation using infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools.
Preferred: Experience operating PostgreSQL in public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or containerized environments.
Preferred: Experience with telemetry and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.
Preferred: Familiarity with Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, or distributed databases.
Preferred: Experience improving developer productivity through self-service database provisioning and platform automation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to Headspace
Annual company-wide week off a year
Paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
Paid volunteer time
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
20 days of paid time off
Private health and dental insurance
Life and Disability insurance
Flexible spending account
Retirement benefits
Paid sick leave
Medical leave
Bereavement leave
Floating holidays
Paid holidays
Eligible to be considered for an annual bonus
Eligible to be considered for an equity grant