Senior Software Engineer – Database Internals

TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)

full-time

Posted on: 3/28/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

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.

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.

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++PostgreSQLSQLquery processingdatabase enginesconcurrency controldata replicationdistributed systemssoftware validation tools

Soft Skills

teamworkcommunicationcode reviewscustomer assistanceproblem-solvingenthusiasmpersonability