Senior Test Tooling Engineer

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

The Senior Test Tooling Engineer will own and evolve CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and testing frameworks for Tiger Data's PostgreSQL‑based products. You’ll build stress‑testing and benchmarking infrastructure, collaborate with platform teams, and ensure reliable, high‑quality releases at scale.

Role Snapshot

• Senior Test Tooling Engineer
• Remote‑first
• CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions)
• Release process ownership
• Python‑driven tooling
• Stress testing & benchmarking
• PostgreSQL production experience

Must-Have Requirements

• CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
• Python
• PostgreSQL production experience
• End‑to‑end release process ownership
• Senior Release Engineer or QA Lead experience

Nice-to-Have Signals

• TimescaleDB experience
• Kubernetes basics
• TimescaleDB familiarity

Work Setup

• Location: United States
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: GLOBAL
• Remote countries: United States
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Notice period
• Travel requirements
• Security clearance
• Coding test

What You'll Likely Work On

• Drive and evolve CI/CD infrastructure for TimescaleDB, Toolkit, Data Tiering, and Tiger Lake using GitHub Actions
• Own the end‑to‑end release process and automate releases for seamless team deployment
• Lead packaging efforts and partner with the platform team to streamline workflows
• Design and implement stress‑testing infrastructure from scratch, run tests, and feed regression signals back to engineers
• Build and maintain testing infrastructure that validates performance and compatibility in cloud environments
• Take responsibility for benchmarking frameworks (e.g., tsbench), adding advanced features and ensuring reliable measurements

Good Fit If You Have

• Prior experience with TimescaleDB or similar PostgreSQL extensions
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Strong communication and collaboration with platform engineering teams