Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix)
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About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Postgres Deployment Engineer to own packaging and deployment of PostgreSQL components using Nix, manage lifecycle operations, and enhance CI/CD pipelines.
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Responsibilities
- Own the packaging and deployment of PostgreSQL components using Nix, including flakes, and support migration from traditional packaging approaches
- Manage PostgreSQL lifecycle operations, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades while maintaining platform stability
- Design, improve, and maintain deployment systems enabling engineering teams to self service releases efficiently and safely
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, testing strategies, and release automation to improve software delivery and operational reliability
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production deployment issues by identifying root causes and implementing long term improvements
- Establish and maintain testing standards, deployment best practices, and operational processes that reduce release risk and improve platform resilience
- Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to optimize deployment workflows and strengthen system reliability
- Mentor fellow engineers by sharing expertise in Nix based development practices and supporting wider adoption across the engineering organization
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience with PostgreSQL, including database administration, extensions, upgrades, and performance optimization
- Strong expertise in infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, and production system management
- Hands on experience with Nix package management system, including flakes, along with Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes
- Experience building and packaging software across multiple architectures, particularly Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64
- Familiarity with polyglot development ecosystems including C/C++, Go, JavaScript, and Rust
- Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, release engineering, automation tooling, and production deployment workflows
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non technical teams
- Comfortable working independently in asynchronous, globally distributed environments
- Passion for mentoring engineers and driving adoption of modern infrastructure practices
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Role Overview
- This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced infrastructure engineer passionate about PostgreSQL, deployment automation, and scalable developer platforms.
- You will help shape the reliability and evolution of a modern cloud database ecosystem by improving deployment pipelines, packaging systems, and release processes.
- Working within a globally distributed, remote first engineering environment, you'll collaborate closely with product and infrastructure teams to deliver stable, production ready solutions.
Accountabilities
- Own the packaging and deployment of PostgreSQL components using Nix, including flakes, while supporting the ongoing migration from traditional packaging approaches.
- Manage PostgreSQL lifecycle operations, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades while maintaining platform stability.
- Design, improve, and maintain deployment systems that enable engineering teams to self service releases efficiently and safely.
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, testing strategies, and release automation to improve software delivery and operational reliability.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production deployment issues by proactively identifying root causes and implementing long term improvements.
- Establish and maintain testing standards, deployment best practices, and operational processes that reduce release risk and improve platform resilience.
- Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to optimize deployment workflows and strengthen system reliability.
- Mentor fellow engineers by sharing expertise in Nix based development practices and supporting wider adoption across the engineering organization.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience working with PostgreSQL, including database administration, extensions, upgrades, and performance optimization.
- Strong expertise in infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, and production system management.
- Hands on experience with the Nix package management system, including flakes, along with tools such as Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- Experience building and packaging software across multiple architectures, particularly Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64 environments.
- Familiarity with polyglot development ecosystems, including C/C++, Go, JavaScript, and Rust based projects.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, release engineering, automation tooling, and production deployment workflows.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non technical teams.
- Comfortable working independently in asynchronous, globally distributed environments while taking ownership of complex technical initiatives.
- Passion for mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge, and driving adoption of modern infrastructure practices.
Benefits
- Fully remote position with the flexibility to work from anywhere.
- Equity participation through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
- Technology allowance to build and maintain an optimal home office setup.
- Comprehensive health insurance, including full employee coverage and substantial dependent coverage.
- Annual company wide off site events that bring together global team members for collaboration and networking.
- Flexible, asynchronous work environment that promotes autonomy and work life balance.
- Annual professional development budget for courses, conferences, books, and continuous learning.
- Opportunity to work on cutting edge open source technologies with a globally distributed engineering team.
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