Systems Engineer - Database Platform
Core
Build, deploy, and manage large-scale multi-tenant PostgreSQL database clusters to enable rapid service development and operation.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Database Platform)
Builds
Internal, multi-region PostgreSQL platform for engineering teams
Domain
Cloud infrastructure + Relational databases
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
PostgreSQL cluster management, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Ansible/Salt), Python/Bash scripting, Docker/Kubernetes, database performance tuning, observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Kibana)
Preferred skills
Go/Ruby/C++, database schema migration tools (Flyway/Liquibase), connection pooling (PgBouncer/HAProxy), non-relational data stores (Cassandra/Timescale/Redis)
Responsibilities
Build and manage PostgreSQL clusters in production; Develop automation and monitoring tooling; Implement high availability and disaster recovery; Optimize database performance and query tuning; Integrate database tools with infrastructure and application teams; Monitor database health using observability tools
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC