Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Hybrid)

With millions of diners, 60,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc.

Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You'll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.

About the Job

• As a Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the reliability, performance, scalability, security, and evolution of OpenTable's PostgreSQL platform.
• You will own complex database initiatives end-to-end, partner with cross-functional engineering teams to build an automated and cloud-native data platform, and serve as a senior escalation point for production systems.
• In this hybrid role based in Toronto, you will establish modern database practices and ensure database infrastructure supports business growth while maintaining high availability.
• Your work will directly empower engineering teams and ensure a seamless, reliable experience for millions of diners and restaurants worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL environments to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and scalable performance.
• Automate provisioning, major-version upgrades, monitoring, and credential rotation to reduce manual effort and operational toil across database infrastructure.
• Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to review database designs, optimize schemas, improve query performance, and establish safe migration practices.
• Drive cloud database strategy across multi-region environments, balancing performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point during production incidents, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing long-term reliability improvements.
• Mentor engineers, establish reusable operational patterns, and raise technical standards through clear documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience administering, engineering, and operating PostgreSQL or equivalent complex database systems in production environments.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and internals, including query planning, locking, write-ahead logging, replication, vacuuming, and connection management.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability, disaster-recovery, and failover solutions for critical database infrastructure.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming or automation language such as Python, Go, or Bash.
• Hands-on experience building database automation using infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating PostgreSQL in public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or containerized environments.
• Experience with telemetry and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.
• Familiarity with supplementary data platforms such as Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, or distributed databases.
• Experience improving developer productivity through self-service database provisioning and platform automation.

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to Headspace
• Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• 20 days of paid time off
• Private health and dental insurance
• Life and Disability insurance

• The best connections happen face-to-face, whether you're sitting down to dinner or having coffee with a coworker.
• That's why OpenTable has adopted a hybrid workplace model.
• This role aligns with that approach, with an expectation of coming into the office two days a week—giving employees the best of both worlds: in-person collaboration and flexibility.

The expected range of compensation for this position based in Toronto, Canada, is $115,000-$125,000 CAD. There are a variety of factors that go into determining a compensation range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.

This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

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