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Tech Lead/Principal Engineer, Public Sector

Exiger
Location
McLean, Virginia, United States; New York, New York, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Delivery: EGS Delivery
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of production database engineering at scale on at least one major relational engine (PostgreSQL preferred; Aurora, MySQL, or Oracle at depth also acceptable)
  • Strong query plan literacy; can read EXPLAIN ANALYZE and reason about it without a profiler
  • Production experience with zero-downtime schema migrations on live traffic
  • Production experience with at least one OLAP or analytics store (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse)
  • Production experience on AWS, particularly RDS / Aurora (PostgreSQL flavor preferred)
  • Hands-on experience inside a FedRAMP boundary (Moderate or High)
Nice to have
  • Hands-on experience with both row-store and column-store engines in the same environment
  • Familiarity with logical replication topologies (Postgres logical replication, AWS DMS) for CDC into an analytics layer
  • Experience with vector storage (pgvector, OpenSearch k-NN, Pinecone) for ML retrieval workloads
  • Experience with database security tooling at federal grade (TDE, Vault, AWS KMS with customer-managed keys)
  • PostGIS or other spatial extension experience for geospatial domains
What the job really is

As a Database Engineer at Exiger, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining database engineering practices that can be adopted across various federal programs. Your role will involve creating reusable tooling for backup, recovery, and schema changes, as well as ensuring database security within a FedRAMP boundary. You will also engage with program teams to support their operations and represent data posture in customer discussions.

Benefits
  • Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off
  • Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
  • Competitive compensation package
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
  • Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Role involves customer-facing responsibilities which may require strong communication skills
  • Hands-on experience required within a FedRAMP boundary, which may limit some candidates
  • Active U.S. Government security clearance preferred, which could be a barrier for some applicants
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