Job description
Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
Job Summary:
Join our team as a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, where you’ll play a central role in architecting, optimizing, and ensuring the stability of mission-critical PostgreSQL environments. You will leverage your deep technical expertise to drive database reliability, high availability, and performance at scale within a cutting-edge, cloud-native infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity for talented engineers who are passionate about building robust data systems and thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage highly available, resilient PostgreSQL database architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.
Optimize database performance by analyzing query execution plans, tuning indices, and implementing advanced partitioning strategies.
Ensure disaster recovery readiness through robust backup, replication, and failover processes.
Diagnose and resolve slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and complex bottlenecks impacting large-scale databases.
Automate routine maintenance tasks and promote operational excellence across all database environments.
Collaborate cross-functionally to support new features, data migrations, and ongoing application scaling.
Maintain comprehensive documentation and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
5+ years of experience managing and optimizing PostgreSQL databases in production settings.
Expert-level knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
Proven hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, including backup, recovery, and high-availability design.
Strong analytical abilities in troubleshooting slow queries, execution plans, locks, and deadlocks.
Demonstrated experience maintaining large-scale, high-traffic databases with millions of rows.
Deep care for clear, proactive written and verbal communication.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a remote team.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting data platforms, analytics workloads, ETL processes, and operational databases.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native service environments.
Exposure to supporting modern data architectures and advanced monitoring tools.
Compensation & Benefits Notice
Base salary, equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. Benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.