Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Core
Building reliable, secure, and scalable data infrastructure as a service, including databases, search, cache, and lakehouse capabilities for engineering teams.
Role type
Senior Database Reliability Engineer (Data Platform)
Builds
Self-serve data infrastructure, automated migration tools, and lakehouse enablement for product engineering teams.
Domain
Cloud-native data infrastructure, database operations, and AI-assisted DevOps.
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Database internals (MySQL, PostgreSQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch), AWS cloud services, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AI-assisted development workflows, large-scale database migration planning, blue/green deployment strategies, incident response.
Preferred skills
Lakehouse and analytics infrastructure (Databricks, Apache Iceberg, Unity Catalog), self-healing system design, documentation and pattern creation.
Technologies
Terraform, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Databricks, Apache Iceberg, Unity Catalog, AWS, Cursor, Claude.
Responsibilities
Lead large-scale database migration projects with minimal downtime; design and execute deployment strategies for relational, key-value, and document data stores; use AI-powered automation to strengthen data platform quality pillars; apply AI-assisted tools to automate platform changes; partner on lakehouse enablement; guide engineers in delivering fit-for-purpose database solutions; participate in incident response and on-call rotation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC