Redfin

Cloud Database Engineer II – PostgreSQL, AWS

Redfin

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: CaliforniaColoradoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $113,900 - $154,100 per year

About the role

  • Support database architecture projects with reliability, throughput, scalability, and security focus
  • Build observability to proactively detect and prevent performance issues
  • Perform DBA duties in non-production and production environments, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration
  • Use infrastructure as code and configuration management tools to ensure consistency
  • Use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
  • Maintain configuration of PostgreSQL instances including replication setup and parameter settings
  • Participate in high availability and disaster recovery planning/drills
  • Participate in the on-call rotation about one week per month

Requirements

  • 3+ years experience in cloud / AWS environments
  • 3+ years managing cloud database instances (i.e. RDS, Aurora, or on EC2)
  • 3+ years of PostgreSQL (or similar) database engineering and administration
  • Shell scripting and Python script development
  • Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure as code tools
  • Experience in an Agile environment and production infrastructure on call
  • Experience using AI code generation tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
  • Experience with Linux administration and Linux scripting
Benefits
  • annual bonus
  • incentives
  • medical benefits
  • dental benefits
  • vision benefits
  • 401K retirement plan
  • paid time off
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Hard Skills & Tools
PostgreSQLcloud database managementShell scriptingPython scriptingTerraformCloudFormationinfrastructure as codedatabase architecturehigh availabilitydisaster recovery
Soft Skills
problem-solvingproactive detectionteam collaborationcommunicationorganizational skills