Lead Software Engineer, TimescaleDB Enterprise

TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)

. Leading the design and development of TimescaleDB Enterprise, our on-prem deployment and management platform for TimescaleDB.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading the design and development of TimescaleDB Enterprise, our on-prem deployment and management platform for TimescaleDB.
Building and evolving core product capabilities, including:
- management consoles,
- deployment workflows,
- operational tooling,
- configuration management,
- and customer administration experiences.
Owning technical decisions across the product lifecycle, balancing speed, scalability, maintainability, and customer experience.
Working directly with enterprise customers and prospects to understand operational requirements and translate them into pragmatic product solutions.
Driving new feature development while continuously improving reliability, usability, and operational simplicity.
Partnering closely with Platform Engineering and cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Support, and Sales Engineering.
Helping shape the long-term product and technical direction of the Enterprise platform.
Operating effectively in ambiguous environments where priorities evolve quickly and engineers are expected to drive clarity.
Leveraging AI tools daily to accelerate development, debugging, documentation, and product iteration workflows.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience building developer platforms, enterprise software, infrastructure products, operational tooling, or database-adjacent systems.
Comfort working across multiple layers of a system, from backend services to operational workflows and user-facing tooling.
Strong familiarity and proficiency with AI coding tools.
Familiarity with PostgreSQL, distributed systems, deployment automation, or enterprise operational environments is highly valuable.
Experience working directly with enterprise customers or highly technical users is a strong plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
Fridays off in August 😎
Fully remote opportunities globally
Stock options for long-term growth
Monthly WiFi stipend
Professional development and educational resources 📚
Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)

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Hard Skills & Tools

TimescaleDBPostgreSQLdeployment automationoperational toolingdistributed systemsAI coding toolsbackend servicesuser-facing toolingproduct lifecycle managementfeature development

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycustomer experience focuscollaborationtechnical decision-makingoperational simplicityclarity in ambiguitycross-functional teamwork