Who you are

- 7+ years of experience administering, engineering, and operating PostgreSQL or equivalent complex database systems in production environments

- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and internals, including query planning, locking, write-ahead logging, replication, vacuuming, and connection management

- Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability, disaster-recovery, and failover solutions for critical database infrastructure

- Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming or automation language such as Python, Go, or Bash

- Hands-on experience building database automation using infrastructure-as-code or configuration

- Experience operating PostgreSQL in public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or containerized environments

- Experience with telemetry and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry

- Familiarity with supplementary data platforms such as Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, or distributed databases

- Experience improving developer productivity through self-service database provisioning and platform automation

What the job involves

- As a Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the reliability, performance, scalability, security, and evolution of OpenTable’s PostgreSQL platform

- You will own complex database initiatives end-to-end, partner with cross-functional engineering teams to build an automated and cloud-native data platform, and serve as a senior escalation point for production systems
- In this hybrid role based in Toronto,



you will establish modern database practices and ensure database infrastructure supports business growth while maintaining high availability

- Your work will directly empower engineering teams and ensure a seamless, reliable experience for millions of diners and restaurants worldwide

- Lead the design, architecture, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL environments to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and scalable performance

- Automate provisioning, major-version upgrades, monitoring, and credential rotation to reduce manual effort and operational toil across database infrastructure

- Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to review database designs, optimize schemas, improve query performance, and establish safe migration practices

- Drive cloud database strategy across multi-region environments, balancing performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence

- Serve as a senior technical escalation point during production incidents, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing long-term reliability improvements

- Mentor engineers, establish reusable operational patterns, and raise technical standards through transparent documentation and cross-team collaboration

Benefits

- Work from (almost) anywhere - wherever you do your best work

- Mental health and well-being - company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth, company-paid subscription to HeadSpace, and company-wide weeks off a year so the whole team can recharge

- Generous parental leave
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

- Paid volunteer time
- Enriched learning and development opportunities - leadership development & access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

📌 Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 OpenTable
📍 Toronto