Backend Developer (C Programmer)

EDB provides a data and AI platform enabling organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud. The company supports over 1,500 customers globally, including government organizations, financial services, media, and IT companies, offering enterprise-grade open source technologies with high availability and mission-critical capabilities such as security, compliance controls, and observability. The position is 100% remote. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining the EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) product, a multi-master distributed PostgreSQL solution providing high availability, geographic distribution, and active-active replication for enterprise workloads. Responsibilities: — Design, develop, test, and document new PGD capabilities — Maintain and improve performance and usability of existing PGD capabilities — Analyze business requirements and translate them into executable tasks — Provide world-class production support to PGD customers — Participate in code reviews and collaborate with a globally distributed team Requirements: — 5+ years of software engineering experience — Strong proficiency in C programming — Experience with PostgreSQL internals (storage engine, WAL, replication, catalog system, or extension development) — Understanding of distributed systems concepts including replication topologies, consensus, conflict resolution, eventual consistency, and failure modes — Experience with multi-version/multi-branch codebases and active backporting workflows — Familiarity with build systems and CI/CD practices — Comfortable working with Git on large, long-lived codebases with complex branching — Strong debugging and performance analysis skills Advantages: — Prior contributions to PostgreSQL or other open-source database projects — Experience with logical replication, logical decoding, or custom replication solutions — Knowledge of distributed consensus algorithms such as Raft — Familiarity with PostgreSQL extension API and hook system — Experience with high availability architectures and failover mechanisms — Experience with Python and Rust — Experience with major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, GCP — Experience with Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes EDB supports employee well-being with benefits including access to health and wellness resources and Wellness Fridays through December 2026. EDB is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, trust, and respect. EDB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies without a signed agreement.