Site Reliability Engineer - Postgres Platform

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)ParadeDB is a Postgres-native alternative to Elasticsearch. We build state-of-the-art search (full-text, vector, and hybrid) and columnar analytics as a Postgres extension. Companies like Modern Treasury, BILT Rewards, Alibaba Cloud, and many others use ParadeDB to:Eliminate ETL/change data capture toolsAdd transactional guarantees to their search indexesPerform JOINs on their search dataUnify their search & transactional stack for agentic workloadsWe're a small, focused team of engineers dedicated to creating an inclusive and enjoyable work environment. We're primarily distributed across the United States and Canada, with a small office in San Francisco. We're a Series A company with a flat structure, strong backing from investors, and plenty of room for growth.We're looking for a site reliability engineer (SRE) to join our team full-time. The ideal candidate should have:Meaningful experience operating production infrastructure and customer-facing systems with demanding uptime and reliability requirementsExperience operating Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in production environmentsExperience building and operating infrastructure with tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and Bash/PythonExperience designing and maintaining observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, CI/CD, and operational automation systemsExperience engaging directly with customers in a solutions engineering, SRE, platform engineering, or Bring-Your-Own-Cloud environmentExperience operating Postgres or other stateful systems in production is a strong plusExperience with CloudNativePG, database operators, or database infrastructure platforms is a plusFamiliarity with Elasticsearch-type workloads, analytical databases, or Go is a plusPrior experience at a small, high-performing startup is a plusWe're seeking someone creative, independent, and excited by difficult technical challenges. You'll bring thoughtful opinions, learn quickly, engage directly with customers, and help us build a world-class product.You want to be part of the core team of a fast-growing infrastructure startupYou want to wear many hats and interface directly with customersYou're passionate about cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, databases, and reliability engineeringYou're excited to dive deep into Kubernetes and Postgres to build the best Postgres platformYou're excited about operating and improving a production-grade Postgres platform deployed across customer environments and ParadeDB CloudYou enjoy solving difficult operational problems and improving system reliabilityYou believe in open-source and want to contribute to building a sustainable open-source businessYou want autonomy over your work and the opportunity to make impactful design decisionsOperate and improve ParadeDB Cloud and the ParadeDB Bring-Your-Own-Cloud platformWork closely with engineering teams to improve the reliability, operability, and observability of ParadeDB productsDevelop deployment, monitoring, alerting, and testing infrastructure around ParadeDB productsBuild automation for upgrades, backups, disaster recovery, incident response, and operational workflowsDirectly interface with customers to assist with deployments, upgrades, troubleshooting, and ongoing operationsInvestigate and resolve production incidents across customer and internal environmentsDevelop and maintain documentation, runbooks, API references, and user guidesEngage directly with our customers and the open-source community on GitHub and SlackContribute to technical writing, product demos, and content marketingHelp shape ParadeDB's operational practices and platform reliability strategyPlease send your resume and anything else you'd like to share to founders@paradedb.com. We will get back to you as soon as we can. We're excited to meet you!ParadeDB is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment for people of all backgrounds. We urge candidates of all backgrounds to apply. If you require specific accommodations, please let us know at accommodations@paradedb.com.