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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Postgres Database Engineer - **Company:** Dell Technologies Inc. - **Location:** Round Rock, TX, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Software Applications, Bash Shell, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Ansible, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Peripherals, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27969329/Postgres-Database-Engineer-Texas-Round-Rock-1312 ## About the Role * 10-14 years of IT infrastructure or platform engineering experience, or 7+ years with exceptional depth demonstrated through production scale, open-source contributions, or published work * 6+ years of production PostgreSQL at scale - partitioning, logical replication, connection pooling (PgBouncer), WAL tuning, Patroni, pgBackRest * 3+ years of Kubernetes for stateful workloads - operators, persistent storage design, backup/restore in K8s, multi-cluster patterns * 3+ years building automation frameworks in Python, Go, or Bash - authoring infrastructure, not just using playbooks * Proven track record of designing and developing Database as a service Desirable Requirements * pgVector production experience with high-dimension embedding workloads (RAG, semantic search) * Agentic coding or LLM-augmented operations - self-healing scripts, natural-language-to-query interfaces, or autonomous remediation * Contributions to PostgreSQL ecosystem open-source projects (patches, extensions, operators, or tooling) ## Description Postgres Database Engineer The Software Engineering team delivers next-generation software application enhancements and new products for a changing world. Working at the cutting edge, we design and develop software for platforms, peripherals, applications and diagnostics - all with the most advanced technologies, tools, software engineering methodologies and the collaboration of internal and external partners. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound impact as Postgres Database Engineer on our growing and dynamic team in Round Rock, Texas. What you'll achieve As a Postgres Database Engineer, you will architect Dell's global PostgreSQL platform strategy and build the autonomous tooling that enables self-healing database operations across thousands of instances. You will work with global database engineering pods to define Kubernetes-native deployment standards, mentor database engineers, and represent Postgres platform requirements in executive planning and vendor negotiations. 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