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We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible.\nAbout This Role\nClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments.\nKey Responsibilities\nAdminister, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)\n\nEnsure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance\n\nPerform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management\n\nExecute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans\n\nHandle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices\n\nPerform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting\n\nTroubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs\n\nSupport application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments\n\nManage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime\n\nMaintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures\n\nParticipate in on-call rotations and provide support for production incidents\n\nQualifications\n7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role\n\nStrong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning\n\nSolid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices\n\nExperience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management\n\nStrong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)\n\nExperience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics\n\nProficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)\n\nFamiliarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)\n\nStrong organizational and documentation skills\n\nNice to Have\nExperience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks\n\nFamiliarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems\n\nExperience with high availability setups, replication, and failover management\n\nExposure to other database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms)\n\nExperience supporting enterprise or highly regulated environments\n\n#LI-REMOTE\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nClickUp is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.\nPrivacy Notice\nClickUp collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. You can find further details by viewing our Global Candidate Privacy Notice.\nIf you are a Philippine Job Applicant, please also see our Philippine Data Privacy Notice for further details.\nVisa Sponsorship\nPlease note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for roles outside of engineering and product at this time. Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed, but is instead based on the business needs for that specific role at that time. Please reach out to the recruiter with any questions.\nFraud Alert\nClickUp Talent Acquisition will only initiate contact via an @clickup.com email or through our official careers portal on clickup.com. We will never request fees, payments, or sensitive personal information. Please disregard any offers received outside these channels and report them to .\nAI Processing Notice\nClickUp may use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help review and screen candidates' employment applications against role-related criteria. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making. 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