*Candidate Note: This position is 100% remote for candidates based in Czech Republic. 

We are seeking a highly skilled PostgreSQL and Kubernetes Specialist to design, implement, and maintain the EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) Operator on a multi-master distributed PostgreSQL solution that provides high availability, geographic distribution, and active-active replication for enterprise workloads. 

As a member of the team, you will work directly on PGD operator’s architecture design, development, testing, and documentation of new and existing capabilities with EDB’s quality standards.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, develop, test, and document Kubernetes operators to manage PGD clusters in public, private, and hybrid cloud environments

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into executable tasks

• Provide world-class production support to EDB’s PGD customers on K8s

• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with a globally distributed team

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of experience in a software engineering position

• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes Operators development in Go language (controller-runtime)

• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes API programming (event-driven)

• Experience with PostgreSQL internals (storage engine, WAL, replication, catalog system, or extension development)

• Understanding of distributed systems concepts: replication topologies, consensus, conflict resolution, eventual consistency, and failure modes

• Experience working on multi-version/multi-branch codebases with active backporting workflows

• Familiarity with build systems and CI/CD practices

• Comfort working with Git on a large, long-lived codebase with complex branching

• Strong debugging and performance analysis skills

What will set you apart:

• Prior contributions to CloudNativePG or other Open Source projects in the Cloud Native operators landscape

• Advanced experience with Kubernetes administration, preferably with relevant certifications from CNCF such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator and Certified Kubernetes Security

• Expertise with PostgreSQL administration

• Experience with vendor-supported container orchestration platforms, both public (such as EKS, AKS and GKE) and private (such as Red Hat OpenShift, Rancher, or Tanzu)

• Experience with logical replication, logical decoding, or custom replication solutions

• Experience with high availability architectures and failover mechanisms