Database Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Mon, Jul 06, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Seeking a full-time Staff Database Engineer who will manage production database troubleshooting, incident root cause analysis, and observability tooling development while working flexibly or remotely in a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Become a subject matter expert in production database troubleshooting and performance analysis
- Own complex incident root cause analysis across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets
- Develop automation and tooling to prevent recurrence of critical issues and influence infrastructure decisions
Required qualifications:
- 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 years with a Master's degree, or a PhD with 3 years of experience
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, including advanced query performance tuning and transaction management
- Experience supporting large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS or cloud infrastructure platforms
- Strong Unix/Linux skills, including performance diagnostics and process management
- Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
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