What we do

ParadeDB is a Postgres-native alternative to Elasticsearch. We are building a unified Postgres platform for transactions, text and vector search, filters, facets, and joins, so you don’t need to move your data to a separate database.

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 based in San Francisco, with some of our team working remotely across the US and Canada. 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 database engineer to join our team full-time. The ideal candidate should have:

• A solid foundation in database systems and internals
• Meaningful experience working on databases, query engines, storage engines, indexing systems, or similarly complex infrastructure software
• Proficiency in systems programming with C/C++/Rust/Zig and the ability to navigate large, complex codebases effectively (bonus points for Rust)
• Experience designing, profiling, optimizing, and debugging systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Experience with Postgres internals, database extensions, or related systems is a plus
• Familiarity with query optimization, vectorized execution, columnar storage, or analytical query processing is a plus
• Familiarity with search systems is a plus
• Familiarity with technologies such as Tantivy, Apache DataFusion, Arrow, Parquet, or pgrx is a plus
• Contributions to high-quality open-source projects are a plus
• Prior experience at a small, high-performing startup is a plus