Senior QA Engineer, Timescale
Database
+ Stock options
Scalable SQL for time-series data
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Scalable SQL for time-series data
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to analyze the past, monitor the present and predict the future.
Role
Who you are
- Strong SQL Knowledge: Deep understanding of SQL, query optimization, and preferably PostgreSQL internals, including indexes, transactions, and extensions
- Experience with Database Testing: Ability to test database extensions, ensuring correctness, performance, and stability under different workloads
- Automation & Scripting Skills: Proficiency in writing automated tests using frameworks like pgTAP, pytest, or custom scripts in Python, Bash, or SQL
- Performance & Benchmarking Expertise: Familiarity with tools like pgbench to assess extension performance, scalability, and impact on PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with CI/CD for Databases: Experience integrating automated database testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions)
- Debugging & Log Analysis Skills: Ability to analyze PostgreSQL logs, crash dumps, and query plans to identify performance bottlenecks and issues
Desirable
- You have experience with TimescaleDB
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL Extension Ecosystem
- Understanding of PostgreSQL internals and ability to debug or review extension code written in C
- Active participation in PostgreSQL or extension-related open-source projects
- Basic knowledge of Kubernetes
What the job involves
- Timescale is a product-led growth organization driven by transparent leaders and a globally diverse, remote-first team that is proudly building a modern PostgreSQL cloud platform
- Test Automation & Execution: Take ownership of developing and maintaining automated test suites for database features, query execution, and performance benchmarks
- Collaboration: Be part of the database team and advocate for best practices in delivering high-quality software products
- Performance & Scalability Testing: Assess database performance under various workloads, ensuring scalability and efficiency
- Regression & Compatibility Testing: Validate backward compatibility and ensure new changes do not break existing functionality for Timescale Cloud and on-prem deployments
- Security & Compliance Testing: Identify vulnerabilities, enforce access controls, and verify compliance with security best practices
- Timescale's tech stack includes TimescaleDB, built on PostgreSQL, along with AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python for scalable time-series data management
Application process
- We will respond to all applicants
- We strive to review all applications fairly, without bias, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience
- All active candidates will be informed of what is happening next in the process
Our take
Timescale helps developers and businesses manage and analyze big data sets that power large-scale operations. It offers this through its own open-source time-series SQL database which, unlike many competitors, is built with PostgreSQL.
The product’s broad client applications include finance, logistics, and space. It serves hundreds of customers, with tens of thousands of other organizations using the TimescaleDB platform in the community (including companies like IBM, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Samsung, among others.)
Timescale has also landed substantial funding, becoming a Unicorn back in 2022. This all signifies the value that Timescale's platform provides. The company continues to grow, investing across product, engineering, and R&D, as well as broadening its efforts in serving the Timescale community.
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Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2022
$110m
SERIES C
May 2021
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $184.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO & family leave
- Professional development & educational benefits
- Summer Fridays off in August
- Fully remote work from anywhere
- Stock options
- Monthly WiFi stipend
Company values
- Be builders with integrity, mutual respect, and compassion
- Let the best idea win, no matter who says it
- Assume positive intent
- Be inclusive - communicate fearlessly
- Think like owners, not renters
- Be amazing but humble
- Be students in both work and life. Seek ways for self-improvement
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Ajay Kulkarni
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previous CEO and Co-Founder of computer software company Sensobi, and worked in product at GroupMe/Skyprosoft.
Michael Freedman
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previous Research Assistant at multiple universities, including Berkeley and Stanford University. Co-founded Illuminics Systems, which was later acquired by Neustar. Current Advisor to Blockstack and Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Timescale
- We have people from all over the world with diverse backgrounds contributing to our fun-loving culture.
- We believe when people are included and feel appreciated, it creates a culture where people can do meaningful and impactful work.
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