Remote Senior Software Engineer - Platform

Description:

• At Timescale, we empower businesses with real-time insights from their data, allowing them to make faster decisions and optimize operations.
• We are creating a movement to unblock developers who are building the future.
• Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform.
• We are looking for experienced engineers to help us build and maintain the platform for our managed TimescaleDB cloud services.
• You will work with a close-knit team, building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers our platform.
• Your work will be instrumental in developing our Kubernetes-based clusters and infrastructure.
• This role is perfect if you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and automating workflows.
• You will interact with the Kubernetes API and codebase to build controllers, operators, and applications that power our platform.
• You will work closely with and further develop our infrastructure tooling to ensure the health, stability, and maintainability of our clusters.
• You will gain hands-on experience debugging and optimizing TimescaleDB and Postgres workloads.
• You will collaborate with software engineering teams to ensure platform scalability and performance.
• You will stay up to date with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies related to Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.

Requirements:

• You must have 5+ years of experience in platform engineering.
• You should have experience programming in the Kubernetes ecosystem or using the Kubernetes API (operators, controllers, and custom CRDs).
• Strong programming skills are required, with a focus on Go.
• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud provider is necessary, with AWS preferred.
• You should have experience designing, understanding, and debugging complex distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of Linux, container environments, bash, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) is required.
• Experience deploying, operating, and using major production-level databases is essential, with bonus points for PostgreSQL and/or TimescaleDB.
• You should have experience deploying and maintaining Kubernetes clusters at scale, with knowledge of Kubernetes cluster orchestration tools like kops or kubeadm being a plus.
• Experience with CNI and CSI interfaces is required, along with solid experience with at least one CNI and CSI plugin.
• A good understanding of feature sets of different Kubernetes versions is necessary, and you should be well informed about new features.
• You must understand different solutions for monitoring Kubernetes health and troubleshooting, as well as improving control plane and worker node performance.
• Experience tuning Kubernetes components such as API server, kubelet, scheduler, kube-proxy, and controller manager for performance, security hardening, and reliability improvement is required.
• Experience managing self-hosted Kubernetes clusters (not only EKS, AKS, or GKE) is a plus.

Benefits:

• Timescale offers flexible PTO and family leave.
• Employees enjoy Fridays off in August.
• The position allows for full remote work from almost anywhere.
• Stock options are provided as part of the compensation package.
• A monthly WiFi stipend is included.
• Professional development and educational benefits are available.
• Premium insurance options for you and your family are offered for US employees.