LP
Software developer/DevOps Engineer
LinkedIn Recruiter Post
Hiring a Software Developer/DevOps Engineer for a hybrid role in Downtown Toronto. Requires 5+ years experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GKE, and CI/CD pipelines.
About the role
- Postgres DBA managing lifecycle of databases and ensuring reliability for Supabase. Collaborating with teams, optimizing performance, and providing operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Manage the lifecycle of Postgres databases - platform RDS clusters and customer project databases.
- Design and execute strategies for low-downtime major version upgrades and database migrations.
- Proactively identify and resolve database performance issues before they impact users.
- Build and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability for database systems.
- Write detailed run books, technical documentation, and operational guides.
- Identify reliability risks and implement preventative measures.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support our global platform.
- Work with development teams to optimize database schema and query patterns.
- Analyze and optimize slow queries, connection pooling, and resource utilization.
- Tune Postgres configurations for different workload patterns.
- Monitor and address database bloat, vacuum strategies, and WAL management.
- Partner with platform engineers, product teams, and SREs to deliver reliable database services.
- Communicate database changes and maintenance windows clearly to stakeholders.
- Share knowledge and mentor team members on Postgres best practices.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of Postgres internals, architecture, and advanced features.
- Production experience with replication (logical and physical), backups, and disaster recovery.
- Strong command of query optimization, EXPLAIN plans, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
- Experience managing Postgres at scale in cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS RDS for platform infrastructure.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts, networking, and storage systems.
- Understanding of IaC tools and automation approaches.
- Experience with other cloud database services (GCP Cloud SQL, Azure Database) is a plus.
- Track record of maintaining high-availability database systems.
- Obsessive about monitoring, observability, and measuring what matters.
- Proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks.
- Experience with production troubleshooting and supporting live systems.
- You write clear run books and technical documentation.
- You're good at explaining complex database concepts to different audiences.
- You record decisions and share knowledge effectively in async environments.
- You thrive operating independently with high-level guidance.
- You see problems through to resolution, not just escalation.
- You automate repetitive tasks and build tools to make the team more effective.
- Proficiency in TypeScript or Go (we can teach these).
- Experience with Postgres extensions and customization.
- Contributions to Postgres or database-related open source projects.
- Familiarity with backup tools like WAL-G, pgBackRest, or Barman.
- Experience with database migration strategies and tooling.
- Background in SRE or DevOps practices.
Benefits
- Fully Remote
- ESOP
- Tech Allowance
- Health Benefits
- Annual Off-Sites
- Flexible Work
- Professional Development
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Not specified
Degree requirement
Tech skills
Location requirements
Report this job
Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.
Tech Lead, CI/CD DevOps at Desjardins modernizing software delivery tools and DevOps practices. Collaborates to design CI/CD pipelines and automates workflows, enhancing team capabilities and efficiencies.
Tech Lead, CI/CD DevOps at Desjardins modernizing software delivery tools and processes while leading CI/CD practice and automation efforts.
Site Reliability Engineer managing AWS accounts and cloud infrastructure deployment. Collaborating with teams to ensure security and efficiency of cloud operations at Ping Identity.
Intern assisting with cloud migration and software development for healthcare sector in a Product & Technology department. Opportunities to collaborate in a Scrum team and improve CI/CD pipelines.
DevOps Engineer evolving cloud infrastructure behind Lisk's financial platform as we scale. Join a remote - first team to improve security and reliability of money - handling systems.
DevOps Engineer at Intermedia working on CI/CD pipelines and cloud technology for HostPilot. Collaborate with teams to enhance control panel services and infrastructure reliability.
DevSecOps Engineer developing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for Generative AI team at Blanc Labs. Collaborating to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle.
Azure DevOps & Infrastructure Lead responsible for designing cloud infrastructure for digital banking. Overseeing secure cloud networks, CI/CD pipelines, and disaster recovery setup.
DevOps Engineer designing, building, and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure for Warner Music Group's multi - cloud environments. Requires 3 - 5 years of experience in cloud engineering and automation.