Homeoffice Senior Software Engineer - Database Internals

At Timescale, we empower businesses with real-time insights from their data, allowing them to make faster decisions and optimize operations. We are creating a movement to unblock developers who are building the future. Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform.We need extraordinary database engineers to join our team. You will design, code, and test the core of our PostgreSQL-based time-series database. We focus on building a scalable, reliable, robust, usable, secure, and performant database. You should have strong systems-building experience and expertise in C, understand query optimization and database systems, and ideally already be a PostgreSQL expert (or show an interest and quick aptitude to become a PostgreSQL expert).This is a remote and full-time position.What you will be responsible for:

• 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 Timescale 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.

You’d be a great fit if you have:

• 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.

Our Commitment:

• We will respond to all applicants
• We strive to review all applications fairly, without bias, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience.
• All active candidates will be informed of what is happening next in the process.

About Timescale🐯Timescale is the creator of TimescaleDB and PGVectorscale, trusted by tens of thousands of organizations for their mission-critical time-series applications. We're committed to empowering developers and businesses worldwide, helping them build data-driven products that measure everything that matters—from software applications and industrial equipment to financial markets, blockchain activity, consumer behavior, machine learning models, and climate change.By analyzing data across time (“time-series data”), developers gain insights into what’s happening, how it’s changing, and why. With a global, fully remote workforce, Timescale is supported by top investors, including Tiger Global, Benchmark Capital, NEA, Redpoint Ventures, Icon Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.Enjoy debating the crunch-factor of different chicken nuggets 🍗, sweating it out during lunch 💦, talking about your kids, whether they be actual children 👶🏽, potted plants 🌱, or four-legged creatures 🐾? You’ll fit right in at Timescale!Our Tech stack: We share our tech stack with the caveat that we don’t require previous experience in it (but a love of these languages is helpful): Timescale's tech stack includes TimescaleDB, built on PostgreSQL, along with AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python for scalable time-series data management.To learn more, visit www.timescale.com or follow us on Twitter @TimescaleDB.What We’re OfferingBenefits may differ from country to country.

• Flexible PTO and family leave
• Fridays off in August 😎
• Full remote work from almost anywhere
• Stock options
• Monthly WiFi stipend
• Professional development and educational benefits 📚
• Premium insurance options for you and your family (US employees)