Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Senior Database Reliability Engineer - PostgreSQL & AWS

Job Type: Full-time

Work Arrangement: Remote

Openings: 1

Base Salary: $120,000-$150,000/year - Total Comp - $220,000 - $260,000/year

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to play a central role in architecting, optimizing, and maintaining the stability of mission-critical PostgreSQL database environments.

In this role, you will use deep expertise in PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, database high availability, replication, disaster recovery, and performance optimization to build and maintain robust data systems at scale.

This is an opportunity for an experienced database engineer who is passionate about database reliability, high-availability architecture, performance engineering, and large-scale cloud-native infrastructure and who can thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced, remote environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage highly available and resilient PostgreSQL database architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Optimize database performance by analyzing query execution plans, tuning indexes, and implementing advanced partitioning strategies.
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness through robust backup, replication, recovery, and failover processes.
• Diagnose and resolve slow queries, database locks, deadlocks, and complex performance bottlenecks affecting large-scale databases.
• Automate routine database maintenance tasks and promote operational excellence across database environments.
• Support database reliability and performance as applications and workloads scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on new features, data migrations, and application scaling initiatives.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
• Communicate clearly and proactively with technical and cross-functional teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing and optimizing PostgreSQL databases in production environments.
• Expert-level knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
• Proven hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, including backup, recovery, and high-availability architecture.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills involving slow queries, execution plans, locks, deadlocks, and database bottlenecks.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining large-scale, high-traffic databases with millions of rows.
• Strong attention to clear, proactive written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a remote team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting data platforms, analytics workloads, ETL processes, and operational databases.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud-native service environments.
• Exposure to modern data architectures.
• Experience with advanced database and infrastructure monitoring tools.

Core Technical Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

Database Reliability Engineering

High Availability

Large-Scale Databases

Database Performance Optimization

Query Optimization

Query Execution Plans

Indexing

Partitioning

Replication

Backup & Recovery

Disaster Recovery

Failover

Locks & Deadlocks

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Compensation

The national base salary range for this full-time position is:

$120,000-$150,000 per year

Employees are eligible for equity compensation and may also receive performance-based bonuses, depending on the role and applicable company policies.

Benefits

The benefits package includes:

• Up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Reasonable accommodation is available during the application process for qualified individuals who require assistance.

AI-Assisted Hiring Process

The hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist with candidate screening and assessment. These tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.

Apply for the Senior Database Reliability Engineer Role

If you have extensive production experience with PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, high-availability database architecture, performance optimization, replication, and large-scale databases, this remote Senior Database Reliability Engineer opportunity offers the chance to work on mission-critical data infrastructure at scale.