Senior Staff SDE I

*Candidate Note: This position is 100% remote for candidates based in Czech Republic.

We are seeking a highly skilled PostgreSQL and Kubernetes Specialist to design implement and maintain the EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) Operator on a multi-master distributed PostgreSQL solution that provides high availability geographic distribution and active-active replication for enterprise workloads.

As a member of the team you will work directly on PGD operator’s architecture design development testing and documentation of new and existing capabilities with EDB’s quality standards.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design develop test and document Kubernetes operators to manage PGD clusters in public private and hybrid cloud environments

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into executable tasks

• Provide world-class production support to EDB’s PGD customers on K8s

• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with a globally distributed team

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of experience in a software engineering position

• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes Operators development in Go language (controller-runtime)

• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes API programming (event-driven)

• Experience with PostgreSQL internals (storage engine WAL replication catalog system or extension development)

• Understanding of distributed systems concepts: replication topologies consensus conflict resolution eventual consistency and failure modes

• Experience working on multi-version/multi-branch codebases with active backporting workflows

• Familiarity with build systems and CI/CD practices

• Comfort working with Git on a large long-lived codebase with complex branching

• Strong debugging and performance analysis skills

What will set you apart:

• Prior contributions to CloudNativePG or other Open Source projects in the Cloud Native operators landscape

• Advanced experience with Kubernetes administration preferably with relevant certifications from CNCF such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator and Certified Kubernetes Security

• Expertise with PostgreSQL administration

• Experience with vendor-supported container orchestration platforms both public (such as EKS AKS and GKE) and private (such as Red Hat OpenShift Rancher or Tanzu)

• Experience with logical replication logical decoding or custom replication solutions

• Experience with high availability architectures and failover mechanisms