Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise - TigerData

At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, Tiger accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale.

As a Software Engineer for TimescaleDB Enterprise, you’ll help build and support our on-prem enterprise platform: a solution that enables customers to deploy, manage, secure, and operate TimescaleDB in their own environments.

📍 Location Note: This role is remote. Candidates must be located in the US Eastern or Central Time Zone.

What you will be responsible for in this role

• Learning from and contributing to the design and development of TimescaleDB Enterprise, our on-prem deployment and management platform.
• Developing core product capabilities under guidance, including:
  • Management consoles and user-facing tooling (React + TypeScript)
  • Backend APIs and services (Go)
  • Deployment workflows and configuration management (Ansible)
  • Operational tooling for production PostgreSQL databases
  • Customer administration experiences
• Writing tests at every level, from unit tests to automated end-to-end testing against real infrastructure.
• Gaining experience in technical decisions across the product lifecycle, balancing speed, maintainability, and customer experience.
• Working with senior engineers to understand operational requirements and translate them into pragmatic product solutions.
• Implementing new features while learning to improve reliability, usability, and operational simplicity.
• Collaborating with Platform Engineering and cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Support, and Sales Engineering.
• Leveraging AI tools daily to accelerate development, debugging, and product iteration workflows.

Technical experience that will help you succeed

• Foundational software engineering experience (roughly 1-3 years, including internships or substantial projects), ideally with exposure to backend services, developer platforms, or infrastructure tools.
• Working knowledge of Go or TypeScript, or a track record of picking up new languages quickly.
• Comfort with Linux fundamentals: the shell, SSH, services, containers, and basic networking.
• An interest in working across multiple layers of a system, from backend services to user-facing tooling.
• Familiarity and growing proficiency with AI coding tools.
• Basic knowledge of PostgreSQL, distributed systems, or deployment automation is a strong plus.

What We Offer

• Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
• Fridays off in August
• Stock options for long-term growth
• Monthly WiFi stipend
• Professional development and educational resources
• Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)