What we do

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.

What we want

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 Rust 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.