Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Database

Airwallex

Senior Engineer designing automation and tooling for Airwallex's global database infrastructure. Collaborating with engineers and developing AI-driven solutions for database operations.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinKubernetesPostgresPythonRedisTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build the platforms, automation, and AI-driven tooling that power Airwallex's database infrastructure.
Build a unified database observability platform providing real-time visibility into availability, security posture, reliability metrics, and latency.
Design and implement secure interfaces that allow AI agents to safely query and interact with production databases.
Develop AI-powered automation that handles routine DBA tasks reducing manual toil.
Create tooling that enables product engineering teams to provision, configure, scale, and manage Postgres and Redis instances through self-service workflows.
Establish and enforce database best practices across the organization.
Partner with product engineers to diagnose database performance issues, review schema designs, and provide guidance on data modeling and access patterns.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Kotlin.
Deep experience with PostgreSQL — performance tuning, query optimization, replication, backup/recovery, schema design, and operational best practices.
Experience with Redis — data modeling, clustering, persistence strategies, and operational management.
Hands-on experience with GCP (or equivalent cloud provider), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), Kubernetes, and Docker.
Demonstrated track record of building automation, tooling, or platforms that replaced manual operational work — not just operating databases, but engineering solutions that make operations scalable.
Strong system design skills, with the ability to architect reliable, scalable infrastructure services.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Short-term and long-term disability
Basic life insurance
Well-being benefits
20 paid days of vacation
12 paid days of company holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGoJavaKotlinPostgreSQLRedisGCPTerraformKubernetesDocker

Soft Skills

system designcollaborationproblem-solving