PGD Developer at EDB - Remote EMEA Postgres Role — Columbus
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100% Remote — Strong Fit for Location-Independent Engineers
This role is explicitly 100% remote with no office requirement, making it well-suited for digital nomads and location-independent professionals. The position targets the EMEA region, so expect timezone expectations roughly aligned with UTC-1 to UTC+5. Code reviews and collaboration with a "globally distributed team" suggest some degree of async-friendly culture, though overlapping hours for standups or reviews are likely required.
Timezone Flexibility: EMEA coverage gives you a wide band to work from. Popular nomad hubs like Lisbon (UTC+1), Tbilisi (UTC+4), or Cape Town (UTC+2) all fall within plausible working windows. You would have more friction working from Southeast Asia (UTC+7 to UTC+9) without late-hour commitments.
Cost-of-Living Comparison (no salary disclosed): Without a stated salary, budgeting is approximate. Senior C/Postgres engineers at this level typically earn €80K–€130K+ in Europe. At that range:
- Lisbon, Portugal: Comfortable lifestyle, ~€2,500–3,500/month for a furnished apartment + expenses
- Tbilisi, Georgia: Very affordable — €800–1,200/month all-in; eligible for remote workers via tourist visa stays
- Cape Town, South Africa: Mid-range, ~€1,200–2,000/month; favorable exchange rates for EUR earners
No explicit travel perks (coworking budget, equipment stipend) are mentioned — confirm with the recruiter. The "Wellness Fridays" benefit is a nice async-culture signal.
A Little About Us
EDB provides a data and AI platform that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across any cloud, anywhere. EDB empowers enterprises to control risk, manage costs, and scale efficiently for a data and AI led world. Serving more than 1,500 customers globally and as the leading contributor to the vibrant and fast-growing PostgreSQL community, EDB supports major government organizations, financial services, media, and information technology companies. EDB's data-driven solutions enable customers to modernize legacy systems and break data silos while leveraging enterprise-grade open source technologies. EDB delivers the confidence of up to 99.999% high availability with mission critical capabilities built in such as security, compliance controls, and observability. For more information, visit www.enterprisedb.com.
Candidate Note: This position is 100% remote.
We are seeking a highly skilled PGD Developer to design, implement, and maintain the EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) product — a multi-master distributed PostgreSQL solution that provides high availability, geographic distribution, and active-active replication for enterprise workloads.
As a member of the team, you will work directly on PGD's architecture design, development, testing, and documentation of new and existing capabilities in line with EDB's quality standards.
What you'll be doing:
- Design, develop, test, and document new PGD capabilities
- Maintain and improve the performance and usability of existing PGD capabilities
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into executable tasks
- Provide world-class production support to EDB's PGD customers
- Participate in code reviews and collaborate with a globally distributed team
What you will bring:
- 5+ years of experience in a software engineering position
- Strong proficiency in C programming
- Experience with PostgreSQL internals (storage engine, WAL, replication, catalog system, or extension development)
- Understanding of distributed systems concepts: replication topologies, consensus, conflict resolution, eventual consistency, and failure modes
- Experience working on multi-version/multi-branch codebases with active backporting workflows
- Familiarity with build systems and CI/CD practices
- Comfort working with Git on a large, long-lived codebase with complex branching
- Strong debugging and performance analysis skills
What will set you apart:
- 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 (Raft)
- Familiarity with the PostgreSQL extension API and hook system
- Experience with high availability architectures and failover mechanisms
- Experience with Python and Rust
- Experience with the major Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience with Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes
EDB is committed to supporting our employees' overall well-being by offering a range of benefits and resources to promote a healthy work-life balance and wellness. We provide access to CuraLinc to aid employees in health and wellness tips and practices, as well as Wellness Fridays extending to December 2026! Check out our career site for more information on perks and benefits and reach out to our Talent Acquisition team for region-specific benefits.
We know it takes a unique mix of people and skills to help us in our mission to supercharge Postgres, and we understand that not everyone will check every box. We'd love to hear from you and we want you to apply!
EDB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. EDB was built on a commitment to trust and respect each other and to embrace an array of people and ideas. These values remain at the center of our culture and are key to our company's integrity.
EDB does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. EDB and its affiliates are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other similar payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written signed agreement between EDB and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
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