[Hiring] Senior Test Tooling Engineer @Tiger Data

Role Description

Tiger Data is seeking a passionate Senior Test Tooling Engineer to elevate our release infrastructure and processes across our core products: TimescaleDB, Toolkit, Data Tiering, and Tiger Lake. In this high-impact role, you’ll drive the transformation of our CI/CD pipelines and release workflows, automating operations and building robust testing and benchmarking systems to ensure world-class product quality at scale.

Location: Remote

What You Will Be Responsible For In This Role:

• Drive and evolve CI/CD infrastructure for TimescaleDB, Toolkit, Data Tiering, and Tiger Lake, utilizing GitHub Actions.
• Own the end-to-end release process, focusing on automation so that releases become seamless and effortless for the team.
• Lead the packaging process and collaborate with the platform team to ensure a smooth, efficient workflow.
• Design and implement stress testing infrastructure from the ground up. Execute stress tests, analyze results, and feed regression signals back to engineering partners.
• Build and maintain comprehensive testing infrastructure to validate TimescaleDB's performance and compatibility in cloud environments.
• Take ownership of benchmarking frameworks (including tsbench), elevating their capabilities with advanced features (e.g., explain plans), and ensuring reliable, sophisticated measurement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Release Engineer, QA Lead, or similar role with end-to-end release process ownership.
• Deep expertise in modern CI/CD practices and tools, especially GitHub Actions.
• Strong Python skills for automation, tooling, and infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience running PostgreSQL in production environments.

Requirements

• Prior experience with TimescaleDB (Nice to Have).
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes (Nice to Have).

Benefits

• Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave.
• Fridays off in August.
• Fully remote opportunities globally.
• Stock options for long-term growth.
• Monthly WiFi stipend.
• Professional development and educational resources.
• Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees).