Senior Database Reliability Engineer I
Core
Own the reliability, performance, and cost efficiency of the PostgreSQL data platform (primarily Amazon Aurora) and the surrounding infrastructure/automation for a headless CMS.
Role type
Senior Database Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Builds
High-reliability PostgreSQL platform, zero-downtime schema migrations, observability tooling, and disaster recovery capabilities.
Domain
SaaS / Headless CMS / Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
PostgreSQL internals (MVCC, locking, vacuum), Amazon Aurora, Terraform, AWS, Linux, Python/Bash/Go/Ruby, observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog), CI/CD, incident response
Preferred skills
Ruby on Rails, Redis, container platforms (ECS/EKS), analytics pipelines (Redshift/Snowflake), AWS certifications
Technologies
PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, AWS, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Aikido, RDS Proxy
Responsibilities
Optimize query plans, indexing, and configuration tuning; lead zero-downtime upgrades and schema migrations; manage capacity and cost modeling; build monitoring/alerting tooling; participate in on-call rotation and incident response; mentor backend engineers on database best practices.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
