Senior Test Tooling Engineer

At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, Tiger accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale. As a globally distributed, remote-first team committed to direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence, we're shaping the future of data infrastructure, built for speed, flexibility, and simplicity.

Senior Test Tooling Engineer

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.

You Could Be a Great Fit if You Have:

• 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.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience with TimescaleDB.
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes.

What Success Looks Like

• Comprehensive and reliable test coverage enables the team to deploy with confidence.
• Regressions are detected early through robust stress testing and benchmarking.
• Clear, actionable metrics and signals support continuous improvement.
• Established, close collaboration with the platform team to deliver high quality releases efficiently and smoothly.

Ready to help define the quality bar for some of the industry’s most impactful data products? Apply now and join Tiger Data’s growing team!

Our Commitment:

• We respond to every applicant.
• We review applications fairly and objectively, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience.
• We ensure clear and timely communication throughout your candidate journey.
• We maintain a rigorous interview process with a high bar, designed to give you the opportunity to meet various team members you'll collaborate with across our organization.

About Tiger Data🐯

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, sets the standard as the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads. Trusted by more than 2,000 customers across 25+ countries and powering over 3 million active databases, we enable developers and organizations to build real-time, intelligent applications at scale. Backed by $180 million from top-tier investors, Tiger Data is building the new standard for data infrastructure, built on PostgreSQL, designed for the future.

👉 👉 Want to get a feel for how we work and what we value? Check out our blog post: What It Takes to Thrive at Tiger Data

We embrace diversity, curiosity, and collaboration. Whether debating the perfect chicken nugget crunch 🍗, sharing workout routines 💪, or discussing your favorite plants 🌱 and pets 🐾, you'll find your community here.

Our Tech Stack:

We don't require previous experience with our tech stack, but enthusiasm for learning is key. Our technologies include PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and innovative features like Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, and real-time analytics.

Learn more at www.tigerdata.com or follow us on Twitter @TigerDatabase

What We Offer:

(Please note that benefits may vary based on country.)

• 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)

Ready to join the future of PostgreSQL? We can’t wait to meet you. 🚀🐯