CockroachDB Database Engineer
Core
Build and operationalize secure, automated, highly available enterprise database services on Linux using CockroachDB.
Role type
Senior IC database engineer (distributed systems)
Builds
Self-service provisioning capabilities and automation frameworks for application teams
Domain
Enterprise IT / Distributed Databases
Required skills
CockroachDB architecture, distributed database concepts (replication, consistency, consensus), Ansible, Bash/Korn Shell scripting, multi-region deployment, high-availability design, database performance tuning, query optimization, capacity planning, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring/observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk), backup/restore/failover strategies, security controls (encryption, RBAC)
Preferred skills
Terraform, CI/CD pipeline integration, financial services experience, regulated environments experience
Technologies
Ansible, Bash, CockroachDB, GitHub Copilot, Grafana, Linux, Prometheus, Splunk, Terraform
Responsibilities
Develop engineering standards and reference architectures, build automation frameworks, design self-service provisioning, maintain high availability and performance, implement security and compliance controls, serve as subject matter expert for CockroachDB issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC