Distributed Systems Engineer — Postgres Platform
About the role
The ideal candidate will be joining a small, focused team of engineers dedicated to creating an inclusive and enjoyable work environment. The position involves building the ParadeDB Cloud control plane, designing and implementing Kubernetes controllers and operators, and working closely with CloudNativePG and the broader Postgres ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Design and contribute to building the ParadeDB Cloud control plane
- Design and implement Kubernetes controllers and operators for provisioning, operating, upgrading, and scaling ParadeDB clusters
- Build automation around backups, replication, failover, maintenance operations, monitoring, and lifecycle management
- Develop APIs, cloud integrations, and orchestration systems that power the ParadeDB Cloud platform
- Work closely with CloudNativePG and the broader Postgres ecosystem, contributing upstream when required
- Develop deployment, monitoring, and testing infrastructure around ParadeDB Cloud and the ParadeDB database product
- Engage directly with customers to understand their requirements and help shape the product roadmap
- Develop and maintain documentation, including API references and user guides
- Contribute to technical writing, product demos, and content marketing
- Help shape ParadeDB's product roadmap and technical direction
Requirements
We're seeking someone creative, independent, and excited by difficult technical challenges. You'll bring thoughtful opinions, learn quickly, engage directly with customers, and help us build a world-class product.
Qualifications
- Meaningful experience building distributed systems, cloud platforms, Kubernetes operators/controllers, or similarly complex infrastructure software
- A solid understanding of Kubernetes internals, including reconciliation loops, controllers, CRDs, and cloud-native architecture
- Experience designing and building APIs, control planes, orchestration systems, or automation frameworks that manage stateful infrastructure
- Experience developing production software in Go and operating reliable production systems on Kubernetes
- Familiarity with infrastructure tooling such as Terraform, Helm, and Bash/Python
- Experience with CloudNativePG, database operators, database-as-a-service platforms, or other stateful systems is a plus
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch-type workloads, analytical databases, or high-performance data systems is a plus
- Contributions to high-quality open-source projects and prior experience at a small, high-performing startup are a plus
Skills
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Bash/Shell
- Go
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- Elasticsearch
- RDS/Aurora
- Distributed Systems
- Docker
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary range of $150K - $250K, with benefits commensurate with experience.
Pay
$150K - $250K
Schedule
Full-time
Company Information
Founded by Philippe Noël, ParadeDB is a Postgres-native alternative to Elasticsearch. We build state-of-the-art search (full-text, vector, and hybrid) and columnar analytics as a Postgres extension. Companies like Modern Treasury, BILT Rewards, Alibaba Cloud, and many others use ParadeDB to:
- Eliminate ETL/change data capture tools
- Add transactional guarantees to their search indexes
- Perform JOINs on their search data
- Unify their search & transactional stack for agentic workloads
We're a small, focused team of engineers dedicated to creating an inclusive and enjoyable work environment. We’re primarily distributed across the United States and Canada, with a small office in San Francisco. We’re a Series A company with a flat structure, strong backing from investors, and plenty of room for growth.
Official listing: https://paradedb.notion.site/
The interview process consists of 3 technical interviews where you’ll discuss system design and past experiences.