Multigres Engineer (Postgres)

TL;DR

Multigres Engineer (Postgres): Designing and implementing critical distributed database infrastructure for horizontal scaling of Postgres with an accent on sharding, consensus protocols, and materialization systems. Focus on architecting robust, performant distributed systems with strong observability and optimizing low-latency infrastructure.

Location: Fully Remote (Global)

Company

hirify.global is a Postgres development platform providing a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search.

What you will do

• Design and implement query routing logic for sharded databases.
• Build consensus and replication systems to support distributed durability.
• Develop materialization pipelines for migrations and change data capture.
• Contribute to connection pooling infrastructure and intelligent workload isolation.
• Collaborate with the open-source community on Multigres development.

Requirements

• Deep technical expertise in distributed databases and systems.
• Experience with database sharding, relational algebra, and Postgres internals.
• Knowledge of consensus protocols (Raft, Paxos, FlexPaxos) and distributed transactions.
• Proficiency in stream processing, materialization, and change data capture.
• Ability to build robust, performant distributed systems with strong observability.
• Experience with low-latency infrastructure and network protocol optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with WeWork membership or co-working allowance anywhere in the world.
• Equity ownership (ESOP) for every team member.
• Tech allowance to set up your ideal work environment.
• 100% health insurance coverage for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Annual company off-sites for connection and collaboration.
• Flexible, asynchronous work schedule.
• Annual education allowance for professional development.

Hiring process

• Apply and application review.
• Intro Call (short video chat).
• Interviews with founders, future teammates, and a cross-functional member (up to four calls).
• Decision, potentially with a final question or direct offer.