Distributed Systems Engineer — Postgres Platform
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$150k - $250kFull-timePosted 5mo ago
About the role
ParadeDB is a Postgres-native alternative to Elasticsearch. The company is looking for a distributed systems engineer to help build ParadeDB Cloud, a cloud-native platform built on Kubernetes and CloudNativePG, with a focus on control planes, operators, and stateful infrastructure around ParadeDB at scale.
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
Qualifications
- Meaningful experience building distributed systems, cloud platforms, Kubernetes operators/controllers, or similarly complex infrastructure software
- 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
Required:Distributed systemsGoKubernetes
Nice to have:CloudNativePGTerraform, Helm, Bash/Python
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About ParadeDB
The transactional Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres
ParadeDB is an open source, ACID-compliant search and analytics database. Built on Postgres for update-heavy workloads.
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