This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix) based in Portugal.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced infrastructure engineer passionate about PostgreSQL, deployment automation, and scalable developer platforms. In this role, you will help shape the reliability and evolution of a modern cloud database ecosystem by improving deployment pipelines, packaging systems, and release processes. Working within a globally distributed, remote-first engineering environment, you'll collaborate closely with product and infrastructure teams to deliver stable, production-ready solutions. You'll leverage Nix, cloud-native technologies, and automation to simplify complex deployments while contributing to tooling that supports developers at massive scale. If you enjoy solving infrastructure challenges, mentoring teammates, and building resilient systems, this role offers meaningful technical ownership and long-term impact.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Postgres Deployment Engineer (Nix) based in Portugal.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced infrastructure engineer passionate about PostgreSQL, deployment automation, and scalable developer platforms. In this role, you will help shape the reliability and evolution of a modern cloud database ecosystem by improving deployment pipelines, packaging systems, and release processes. Working within a globally distributed, remote-first engineering environment, you'll collaborate closely with product and infrastructure teams to deliver stable, production-ready solutions. You'll leverage Nix, cloud-native technologies, and automation to simplify complex deployments while contributing to tooling that supports developers at massive scale. If you enjoy solving infrastructure challenges, mentoring teammates, and building resilient systems, this role offers meaningful technical ownership and long-term impact.
Accountabilities
- Own the packaging and deployment of PostgreSQL components using Nix, including flakes, while supporting the ongoing migration from traditional packaging approaches.
- Manage PostgreSQL lifecycle operations, ensuring timely major, minor, and extension upgrades while maintaining platform stability.
- Design, improve, and maintain deployment systems that enable engineering teams to self-service releases efficiently and safely.
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, testing strategies, and release automation to improve software delivery and operational reliability.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production deployment issues by proactively identifying root causes and implementing long-term improvements.
- Establish and maintain testing standards, deployment best practices, and operational processes that reduce release risk and improve platform resilience.
- Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to optimize deployment workflows and strengthen system reliability.
- Mentor fellow engineers by sharing expertise in Nix-based development practices and supporting wider adoption across the engineering organization.
- 3+ years of professional experience working with PostgreSQL, including database administration, extensions, upgrades, and performance optimization.
- Strong expertise in infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, and production system management.
- Hands-on experience with the Nix package management system, including flakes, along with tools such as Ansible, Packer, Docker, QEMU/KVM, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- Experience building and packaging software across multiple architectures, particularly Linux and Darwin/macOS aarch64 environments.
- Familiarity with polyglot development ecosystems, including C/C++, Go, JavaScript, and Rust-based projects.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, release engineering, automation tooling, and production deployment workflows.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
- Comfortable working independently in asynchronous, globally distributed environments while taking ownership of complex technical initiatives.
- Passion for mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge, and driving adoption of modern infrastructure practices.
- Fully remote position with the flexibility to work from anywhere.
- Equity participation through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
- Technology allowance to build and maintain an optimal home office setup.
- Comprehensive health insurance, including full employee coverage and substantial dependent coverage.
- Annual company-wide off-site events that bring together global team members for collaboration and networking.
- Flexible, asynchronous work environment that promotes autonomy and work-life balance.
- Annual professional development budget for courses, conferences, books, and continuous learning.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge open-source technologies with a globally distributed engineering team.
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