Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) ParadeDB is a Postgres-native alternative to Elasticsearch. We build state-of-the-art search (full-text, vector, and hybrid) and columnar analytics as a Postgres extension. Companies like Modern Treasury, BILT Rewards, Alibaba Cloud, and many others use ParadeDB to: Eliminate ETL/change data capture tools Add transactional guarantees to their search indexes Perform JOINs on their search data Unify their search & transactional stack for agentic workloads We're a small, focused team of engineers dedicated to creating an inclusive and enjoyable work environment. We're primarily distributed across the United States and Canada, with a small office in San Francisco. We're a Series A company with a flat structure, strong backing from investors, and plenty of room for growth. We're looking for a site reliability engineer (SRE) to join our team full-time. The ideal candidate should have: Meaningful experience operating production infrastructure and customer-facing systems with demanding uptime and reliability requirements Experience operating Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in production environments Experience building and operating infrastructure with tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and Bash/Python Experience designing and maintaining observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, CI/CD, and operational automation systems Experience engaging directly with customers in a solutions engineering, SRE, platform engineering, or Bring-Your-Own-Cloud environment Experience operating Postgres or other stateful systems in production is a strong plus Experience with CloudNativePG, database operators, or database infrastructure platforms is a plus Familiarity with Elasticsearch-type workloads, analytical databases, or Go is a plus Prior experience at a small, high-performing startup is a plus We're seeking someone creative, independent, and excited by difficult technical challenges. You'll bring thoughtful opinions, learn quickly, engage directly with customers, and help us build a world-class product. You want to be part of the core team of a fast-growing infrastructure startup You want to wear many hats and interface directly with customers You're passionate about cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, databases, and reliability engineering You're excited to dive deep into Kubernetes and Postgres to build the best Postgres platform You're excited about operating and improving a production-grade Postgres platform deployed across customer environments and ParadeDB CloudYou enjoy solving difficult operational problems and improving system reliability You believe in open-source and want to contribute to building a sustainable open-source business You want autonomy over your work and the opportunity to make impactful design decisions Operate and improve ParadeDB Cloud and the ParadeDB Bring-Your-Own-Cloud platform Work closely with engineering teams to improve the reliability, operability, and observability of ParadeDB products Develop deployment, monitoring, alerting, and testing infrastructure around ParadeDB products Build automation for upgrades, backups, disaster recovery, incident response, and operational workflows Directly interface with customers to assist with deployments, upgrades, troubleshooting, and ongoing operations Investigate and resolve production incidents across customer and internal environments Develop and maintain documentation, runbooks, API references, and user guides Engage directly with our customers and the open-source community on GitHub and Slack Contribute to technical writing, product demos, and content marketing Help shape ParadeDB's operational practices and platform reliability strategy Please send your resume and anything else you'd like to share to founders@paradedb.com. We will get back to you as soon as we can. We're excited to meet you! ParadeDB is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment for people of all backgrounds. We urge candidates of all backgrounds to apply. If you require specific accommodations, please let us know at accommodations@paradedb.com.
