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Staff Cloud Database Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
170 days ago
Salary
$175K - $195K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Cloud Database Engineer
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• Design, develop, and manage enterprise-level database systems • Lead lifecycle management: schema design, migrations, replication, partitioning, upgrades, and DR planning • Architect, administer, and optimize high-availability PostgreSQL clusters • Automate processes to improve availability and scalability • Collaborate cross-functionally with application, SRE, and data engineering teams • Support large-scale database instances • Participate in rotational on-call and maintenance support • Perform regular upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation • Support database scalability and future growth initiatives • Define and enforce best practices around query optimization
Job Requirements
- 8+ years managing mission-critical production workloads
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
- Experience with distributed on-call teams
- Expertise in database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR
- Strong experience with Linux/Unix environments
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Proven ability to manage highly available clustered database services across multiple Linux flavors
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible)
- Knowledge of streaming technologies (Kafka) is preferred
- Exposure to modern DevOps tooling and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Annual bonus program
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