Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer

• As a Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the reliability, performance, scalability, security, and evolution of OpenTable’s PostgreSQL platform
• You will own complex database initiatives end-to-end, partner with cross-functional engineering teams to build an automated and cloud-native data platform, and serve as a senior escalation point for production systems
• In this hybrid role based in Toronto, you will establish modern database practices and ensure database infrastructure supports business growth while maintaining high availability
• Your work will directly empower engineering teams and ensure a seamless, reliable experience for millions of diners and restaurants worldwide
• Lead the design, architecture, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL environments to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and scalable performance
• Automate provisioning, major-version upgrades, monitoring, and credential rotation to reduce manual effort and operational toil across database infrastructure
• Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to review database designs, optimize schemas, improve query performance, and establish safe migration practices
• Drive cloud database strategy across multi-region environments, balancing performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point during production incidents, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing long-term reliability improvements
• Mentor engineers, establish reusable operational patterns, and raise technical standards through clear documentation and cross-team collaboration

Benefits

• Generous parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Enriched learning and development opportunities - leadership development & access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Work from (almost) anywhere - wherever you do your best work
• Mental health and well-being - company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth, company-paid subscription to HeadSpace, and company-wide weeks off a year so the whole team can recharge- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and internals, including query planning, locking, write-ahead logging, replication, vacuuming, and connection management
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming or automation language such as Python, Go, or Bash
• 7+ years of experience administering, engineering, and operating PostgreSQL or equivalent complex database systems in production environments
• Hands-on experience building database automation using infrastructure-as-code or configuration
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability, disaster-recovery, and failover solutions for critical database infrastructure
• Experience operating PostgreSQL in public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or containerized environments
• Familiarity with supplementary data platforms such as Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, or distributed databases
• Experience with telemetry and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry
• Experience improving developer productivity through self-service database provisioning and platform automation