STACKIT Database - PostgreSQL - Software Engineer(m/f/d)

Schwarz Digits creates the technological foundation for digital sovereignty in Europe. As the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, we develop and manage the IT infrastructures for the retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland, as well as Schwarz Production and PreZero. At the same time, we operate as an independent provider in the external market to support companies across Europe in their digital transformation. We bundle our core services in the areas of Cloud, Cyber Security, Data & AI, Communication, and Workspace.

Join us and contribute to digital sovereignty in Europe. With us, you will work at the intersection of agility and security: You will benefit from fast decision-making processes, enjoy genuine creative freedom in your projects, and be able to build upon the stable foundation of the Schwarz Group.

Your Tasks

• Hyperscale Architecture & Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust, hyper-scalable services using Golang . You will contribute to architectures that support sharding, load-balancing, and complex multi-region setups with advanced replication.- Scale through Automation: Design and implement automated PostgreSQL deployments and lifecycle management using PostgreSQL Operators in Kubernetes. Your goal is creating automation so powerful that our scale multiplies without increasing manual operational effort.
• Database Administration & Development: Oversee PostgreSQL databases at both the development and administration levels, optimizing performance, ensuring data integrity, and troubleshooting complex database challenges at a massive scale.
• Product Ownership: Take technical responsibility for the PostgreSQL Flex product, ensuring it matches or exceeds the capabilities of non-sovereign competitors to facilitate easy migrations for our customers.
• Kubernetes Orchestration: Manage deployments, resilience, and lifecycle operations of cloud applications in a sovereign Kubernetes environment.

Your Profile

• Professional Experience: Extensive experience as a Software Engineer, Cloud Developer, or Database Engineer, with a mindset geared toward hyperscale and rapid growth.
• Programming Skills: Strong, hands-on programming experience in Golang
• Cloud & Containerization: Deep understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes architecture, container orchestration, and cloud-native service operations.
• Database Expertise: Proven experience with PostgreSQL databases at development or administration level. Experience with high availability, read-only replicas, and multi-region database architectures is highly desirable.
• Operator Pattern: Hands-on experience deploying and managing PostgreSQL databases using PostgreSQL Operators in a cloud environment.
• Visionary Mindset (You thrive on challenging the status quo), Problem Solver and Team player.
• Language: Business fluent in English (German is a plus).

We look forward to receiving your application.

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