Senior Platform Engineer

Role Description

We're looking for experienced engineers to help us build and maintain the platform for our managed TimescaleDB cloud services. You will work with a close-knit team, building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers our platform. Your work will be instrumental in developing our Kubernetes-based clusters and infrastructure. If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and automating workflows, this role is perfect for you.

Tiger Data is an all-remote organization. This role is a full-time position, looking for candidates in the US or Canada.

What you will be responsible for:

• Service Maintenance
  • Maintain stability of control plane consisting of a distributed microservice architecture closely interacting with Kubernetes and cloud provider APIs.
  • Debug and resolve complex Kubernetes issues across multiple regions and clouds.
  • Automate database lifecycle operations (deploy, resize, upgrade, fork).
  • Participate in on-call rotation, handle incident response, perform root cause analysis.
• Feature Development
  • Develop back-end features for Tiger Cloud, specializing in a distributed microservice architecture with an emphasis on platform and database expertise.
  • Develop Kubernetes controllers, operators, and CRDs to extend platform capabilities.
  • Enhance observability and monitoring systems.
  • Improve deployment reliability, error handling, and client tooling (CLI interfaces).
• Collaboration & Architecture
  • Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to ensure platform scalability and reliability.
  • Stay current with Kubernetes releases, features, CNI/CSI interfaces, and cluster orchestration tools.
  • Contribute to system architecture for scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Code Quality & Testing
  • Write idiomatic Go code with comprehensive unit and integration tests.
  • Maintain >80% code coverage and enforce quality with golangci-lint.
  • Perform peer reviews and follow Go/Kubernetes best practices.
  • Ensure security compliance and vulnerability management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software/platform engineering experience.
• 2+ years of Go in production environments.
• 2+ years of Kubernetes operations (building, debugging, scaling clusters).
• Experience in distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with core technologies:
• Go (Golang): Advanced proficiency (Go 1.24+), primary development language.
• Kubernetes: Experienced Kubernetes user familiar with client-go and capable of developing CRDs and controllers.
• PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB: Administration, migration, replication, performance tuning.
• gRPC & Protobufs: Experience developing services and defining schemas.
• Experience with ECPG and Rust: experience developing low latency applications memory-efficient applications in Rust is a plus.

Requirements

• Infrastructure & DevOps Experience:
• Helm Charts: Template management and deployment automation.
• Kubernetes Operators: Operator patterns and controller-runtime.
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, automated testing, deployment pipelines.
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry/Jaeger, distributed tracing.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Pulumi, Apate or similar.
• Linux & Bash: Deep knowledge of operating systems and container environments.
• Kubernetes lifecycle: kOps.
• Database Experience:
• A user of PostgreSQL, capable of interacting with various libraries and not dependent on ORMs (required).
• PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB administration in production.
• Backup/restore procedures and disaster recovery strategies.
• WAL management and replication (streaming/logical).
• Query optimization, tuning, and parameter adjustments.

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).