Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (RDBMS)
Summary
A senior engineering role in Canada designing, operating, and scaling petabyte-scale relational database infrastructure. Day to day the engineer owns query performance, schema design, availability, replication, observability, and cost using PostgreSQL and distributed database technologies in a distributed, async-first team.
Description:
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (RDBMS) based in Canada.
As a Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (RDBMS), you will design, operate, and scale relational database infrastructure supporting petabyte-scale data workloads. You will own critical parts of the serving layer, from query performance and schema design to availability, reliability, and infrastructure cost. Working with PostgreSQL and distributed database technologies, you will help ensure customer-facing systems remain fast, resilient, and scalable. The role combines deep database engineering with automation, observability, data replication, and AI-assisted development. You will collaborate with experienced engineers in a distributed, async-first environment where technical ownership and operational excellence are highly valued. This is an opportunity to solve complex infrastructure challenges while building systems that support mission-critical products used at significant scale.