Senior Software Engineer (Postgres)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Postgres): Building a strategic Postgres initiative to integrate Postgres with hirify.global and power end-to-end data workflows with an accent on control plane services, automation, and developer experience. Focus on designing backend services for database cluster orchestration, contributing to Postgres extensions in C/Rust, and ensuring operational reliability at scale.

Location: Must be based in Canada or the United States

Salary: $154,000 - $238,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is an innovative cloud company leading the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, 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 new Postgres capabilities.
• Contribute to PostgreSQL extensions and data plane agents written in C, C++, or Rust.
• Develop APIs and integrations to expose Postgres functionality to customers and internal systems.
• Create automation and tooling for cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with SRE and product teams to improve observability and deployment safety.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, specifically with database or cloud platform systems.
• Deep expertise in Postgres configuration, extensions, operations, and performance tuning.
• Strong proficiency in one or more: Ruby, Go, Rust, C, or Python.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, APIs, and tools like Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and service orchestration.
• Must be located in the US or Canada.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment in a globally distributed company.
• Employer contributions towards healthcare.
• Equity in the company through stock options.
• Flexible time off (US) or generous entitlement in other regions.
• $500 budget for home office setup for remote employees.
• Global Gatherings for in-person connection at company-wide offsites.