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Staff Cloud Database Engineer

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $195,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesLinuxMongoDBMySQLPostgresTerraformUnix

About the role

  • 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

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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBdatabase architectureschema designreplicationclusteringhigh availabilitydisaster recoveryquery optimization
Soft skills
collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingcommunication