What we do

ParadeDB is a transactional alternative to Elasticsearch built on Postgres.
Builds state-of-the-art full-text search and columnar analytics as a Postgres extension.
Used by companies like Modern Treasury, BILT Rewards, Alibaba Cloud, and UnifyGTM to:
Eliminate ETL/change data capture tools
Add transactional guarantees to their search indexes
Perform JOINs on their search data
Small, focused engineering team with an office in San Francisco and distributed members across the US and Canada.
Series A company with flat structure, strong investors, and room for growth.

What we want

Postgres database internals engineer to join full-time.
Requirements:
Solid foundation in data systems/database internals
Experience with Postgres database internals (bonus: experience with pgrx)
Proficiency in systems programming with C/C++/Rust/Zig (bonus: Rust)
Strong background in full-text search systems and/or data analytics/query engines is a plus
Familiarity with Tantivy and/or OLAP query engines like Apache DataFusion is a plus
Candidate should be creative, independent, excited by technical challenges, able to teach and learn from the team.
Should bring thoughtful opinions, engage with customers, and be willing to wear many hats.

What you want

To be part of the core team of a fast-growing infrastructure startup.
To wear many hats and interface directly with customers.
Passionate about Postgres ecosystem, databases, search technologies, and/or data analytics.
Excited about diving deep into Postgres internals and writing high-performance safe Rust code for search and analytical workloads.
Interested in learning about internals of Tantivy, Apache DataFusion, columnar file formats like Parquet/Arrow for optimizations in ParadeDB.
Believe in open-source and want to contribute to building sustainable open-source business.
Desire autonomy over work and opportunity for impactful design decisions.

What you've done

Meaningful experience working with Postgres internals (core contributions or high-quality extensions).
Prior experience working on complex data systems in Rust, C++, C or Zig; able to navigate complex codebase (bonus: open-source contributions).
Architected data system(s) focusing on performance, scalability, maintainability (bonus: Rust).
Optimized/debugged complex systems using profiling tools.
Prior experience at small high-performing startup.
Smart, hardworking, communicative, open to learning new services/frameworks.

What you'll do

Develop/optimize ParadeDB Postgres extension implementing features interfacing with block storage, query planner/executor, index definition using Postgres APIs via pgrx.
Work with internals of Tantivy; modify Tantivy as needed for new features within ParadeDB extension.
Design/implement efficient data structures/algorithms for search/analytical functions inspired by or using Tantivy/DataFusion.
Optimize query performance/resource utilization using profiling tools.
Develop/maintain documentation including API references/user guides.
Engage directly with customers/open-source community on GitHub and Slack.
Contribute to technical writing, product demos, content marketing.
Help shape ParadeDB's product roadmap and technical direction.

To apply: Send resume and materials to founders@paradedb.com. ParadeDB encourages candidates of all backgrounds; accommodations available upon request at accommodations@paradedb.com.