CareerPlan

Staff Software Engineer, Database Platform

US, RemoteRemoteFull-time$230k–$260k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Technical anchor for database architecture and reliability, designing and operating data stores for thousands of pentests generating massive volumes of structured data.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer, Database Platform

Builds

Scalable database systems (PostgreSQL, graph, time-series) supporting autonomous pentesting operations

Domain

Cybersecurity / Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

PostgreSQL expert-level tuning, graph databases (Neo4j), time-series stores (ClickHouse), Kubernetes, Go/Python, zero-downtime migrations, performance engineering, reliability engineering

Preferred skills

multi-tenant architectures, cybersecurity data experience, eBPF observability, vector databases

Technologies

PostgreSQL, Neo4j, ClickHouse, TimescaleDB, Kubernetes, RDS, Cloud SQL, Go, Python

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for database systems and data modeling standards; Own query performance and execution plan analysis; Own reliability engineering for all data stores; Design and own migration framework for zero-downtime schema evolution; Serve as database expert for application teams; Mentor P4 engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship