Senior Platform Engineer
Tiger Data · Remote · US Full-time · Spain Full-time · Remote · Brazil ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Platform Engineer
- Fully remote (US/Canada)
- Go + Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL expertise
- Stock options included
Join Tiger Data to engineer the platform powering managed TimescaleDB cloud services. You will work with a distributed team to build Kubernetes-based clusters, automate workflows, and solve complex infrastructure challenges for transactional and analytical workloads.
What you'll do
- Maintain stability of control plane microservices interacting with Kubernetes and cloud APIs
- Debug and resolve complex Kubernetes issues across multiple regions and clouds
- Automate database lifecycle operations including deploy, resize, upgrade, and fork
- Develop Kubernetes controllers, operators, and CRDs to extend platform capabilities
- Enhance observability, monitoring systems, and deployment reliability
- Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and root cause analysis
- Write idiomatic Go code with comprehensive unit and integration tests
What you'll need
- 3+ years of software or platform engineering experience
- 2+ years of Go experience in production environments
- 2+ years of Kubernetes operations including building and debugging clusters
- Advanced proficiency in Go (1.24+) as primary development language
- Experience developing Kubernetes CRDs and controllers using client-go
- Strong PostgreSQL administration skills without dependency on ORMs
- Experience with gRPC, Protobufs, and distributed microservice architectures
Nice to have
- Experience with TimescaleDB or PostgreSQL in production environments
- Cloud provider expertise in AWS or Azure
- Experience managing self-hosted Kubernetes clusters
- Familiarity with CNI and CSI plugins deployment and troubleshooting
- Experience tuning Kubernetes core components like API server and scheduler
- Background in database-as-a-service or large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with Rust for low latency, memory-efficient applications
Stack
- Go
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- TimescaleDB
- gRPC
- Protobufs
- Helm
- Terraform
- Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- GitHub Actions
- Linux
- Bash
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Candidates must be located in the US or Canada
- Full-time employment
- Participation in on-call rotation required
What you get
- Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
- Fridays off in August
- Stock options for long-term growth
- Monthly WiFi stipend
- Professional development and educational resources
- Premium insurance options for US-based employees and families