Senior Staff Database Engineer
Core
Senior Staff Database Engineer ensuring production stability and troubleshooting complex issues in large-scale distributed systems.
Role type
Senior Staff Database Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Multi-tenant cloud platform stability and observability tooling
Domain
Enterprise SaaS / Cloud Infrastructure / Database Systems
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Deep PostgreSQL internals (MVCC, WAL, vacuum, buffer management), Linux internals (CPU, memory, I/O diagnostics), Incident root cause analysis, Automation scripting (Python, Shell, Ansible), Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
Preferred skills
ServiceNow platform expertise, Replication and indexing strategies, Query optimization techniques
Technologies
PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Linux (RedHat), AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, ServiceNow, Python, Shell, Ansible
Responsibilities
Own complex incident root cause analysis across multi-tenant database fleets, Develop observability tooling and automation to prevent recurrence, Mentor and collaborate with engineers across operations and development, Perform Linux performance analysis on-prem and on Hyperscaler
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC