Senior Software Engineer (Postgres)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Postgres): Building a strategic Postgres initiative to extend the developer-first cloud platform with an accent on control plane services and database orchestration. Focus on designing backend services, contributing to PostgreSQL extensions, and improving the developer experience for managed database workflows.

Location: Remote (Globally distributed)

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing cloud company leading the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Design and build backend services to orchestrate and manage database clusters in hirify.global Cloud.
• Extend the platform control plane using Ruby, Go, and TypeScript to support Postgres capabilities.
• Contribute to PostgreSQL extensions and data plane agents written in C, C++, or Rust.
• Develop APIs and integrations to expose new Postgres functionality to customers.
• Collaborate with SRE and infrastructure teams to ensure operational excellence and reliability.
• Improve observability, deployment safety, and debugging workflows for database services.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally with cloud platform or database systems.
• Deep understanding of Postgres configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.
• Strong programming experience in Ruby, Go, Rust, C, or Python.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and automation tools like Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration patterns.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment in a globally distributed company.
• Equity in the company via stock options for all new team members.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Flexible time off policies (US and other countries).
• $500 home office setup budget for remote employees.
• Opportunities for in-person connection through global company-wide offsites.