At edb
Remote emea
The world loves postgresIf you work with developers or data scientists or anyone wrangling data, you’ll probably see a sticker with the tusks and trunk of the postgres elephant on the lid of a nearby laptopEdb has a lot to do with that.
We’ve been major contributors to postgres since the beginning, and we are proud to call thousands of boundary pushing customers our partnersProud though we are, we are not resting on our laurelsThere’s plenty of work to doThe good news is that everything we do will impact postgres, which is to say that it will impact the worldNo pressure.
Candidates please note: this position can be located remotely in the uk or eu
We are looking for deployment tooling engineers to join our lifecycle & orchestration team, who focus on making deployment & management of edb software a breezeThis team is always in the thick of things, because its tools are used by customers, consultants, support engineers, product developers, and testers.
Responsibilities
Focus on making it easy for customers and colleagues alike to correctly install and manage postgres and a range of associated tools.
Build quality and security directly into the product using automated testing and ci/cd.
Collaborate with engineering teams across the world, mentor, share information with and learn from other engineers and help drive continuous improvement of our platform.
Be part of a team that owns all phases of the product development life cycle, right from conception until delivery to customers, including support/operation if required.
Bring an inquisitive, innovative & collegiate attitude to problem solving.
Requirements
5+ years of experience with linux system administration in production
Experience with different aspects of deploying, monitoring, and operating a non-trivial application in a production environment
Experience with storage (especially zfs) and network configuration, including firewalls, virtual ips, proxies, ha components like keepalived, etc.
Python and bash scripting experience—enough to be completely at ease with diving in to an existing code base to make changes
Hands-on experience with configuration management tools, ideally ansible
Experience with ci/cd development processes
Built tests for complex systems, using both unit tests and “end to end” tests
Plusses
Deployed and managed postgres or other database clusters via automation
Understanding of the postgres ecosystem, popular open source projects etc.
Experience in a tdd environment, and the experience to know when testing is sufficient
Used chaos engineering or similar to understand edge cases
Involvement in oss communities (not just postgres, though that’s a double plus!)
#li-remote
We know it takes a unique mix of people and skills to help us in our mission to supercharge postgres, and we understand that not everyone will check every boxWe’d love to hear from you and we want you to apply!
Edb is proud to be an equal opportunity workplaceWe celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employeesEdb was built on a commitment to trust and respect each other and to embrace an array of people and ideasThese values remain at the center of our culture and are key to our company’s integrity.
