Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)
Core
Design, operationalize, and optimize the data persistence layer for large-scale, mission-critical identity systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and automation.
Role type
Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)
Builds
Highly available PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters, automation tooling, and self-healing monitoring systems.
Domain
Identity security, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), distributed databases
Required skills
PostgreSQL internals (WAL, MVCC, replication, query planner), MySQL (InnoDB, replication), Linux systems, networking, Go/Python, cloud environments (AWS/GCP), capacity planning, incident response
Preferred skills
PgBouncer/HAProxy, event streaming (Kafka/Debezium), 24/7 on-call support, open-source contributions
Technologies
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, PMM, pg_stat_statements, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and operate high-availability PostgreSQL clusters with failover automation; optimize query performance and storage engines; develop automation for provisioning, backups, and schema management; lead incident response and root-cause analysis for database failures; partner with engineers to review SQL and optimize schemas.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
