TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)

Senior Backend Engineer – Connectors

TigerData (creators of TimescaleDB)

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in Europe

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGraphQLGRPCKubernetesLinuxPostgresPython

About the role

  • Ownership of features and services from inception through deployment and ongoing production support
  • Design, develop, and maintain Golang-based services, with a strong emphasis on enabling business software solutions.
  • Focus on building, maintaining, and optimizing the Connectors platform that help developers and enterprises ingest/export to/from TigerData more easily
  • Developing new integrations with third-party APIs, tools, and platforms that expand the capabilities of our Connectors platform.
  • Driving improvements to developer experience and reducing adoption friction for our customers.
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Developer Experience to scope and deliver high-impact features.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
  • Strong programming skills, particularly in Go and Python, with a focus on solid software engineering fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in event-driven architecture and modern API technologies such as gRPC and GraphQL.
  • Detail-oriented and a strong commitment to testing and quality assurance.
  • Comfortable developing in Linux environments and working with containerized applications.
  • Experience with 3rd party integrations is a plus.
  • Experience with TimescaleDB or PostgreSQL in production
  • Cloud provider expertise (AWS, Azure; both a plus)
  • Experience with self-hosted Kubernetes clusters (not only EKS/AKS/GKE)
  • Previous work on database-as-a-service or large-scale distributed systems
Benefits
  • 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)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
GolangPythonevent-driven architecturegRPCGraphQLLinuxcontainerized applicationsTimescaleDBPostgreSQLKubernetes
Soft skills
detail-orientedcommitment to testingquality assurancecollaborationcross-functional teamwork