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Tech Lead/Principal Engineer, Public Sector

Exiger · McLean, Virginia, United States; New York, New York, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States

Posted 26 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
26 days
Exiger's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Exiger's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Exiger
high
28 stale, 1 reposted of 48 open
Hiring momentum
63 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Exiger's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Exiger.

About this role

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.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Exiger as an employer.

What you need

  • 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 you get

  • 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

Worth weighing

  • 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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Listed by Exiger on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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