Staff Database Engineer

Job Summary

To support critical database initiatives, the full-time remote Staff Database Engineer will architect, optimize, and scale mission-critical database systems, ensuring long-term reliability and performance while leading cross-team architectural efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable database architectures for transactional and analytical systems
• Diagnose and resolve complex database performance issues through optimization strategies
• Own the reliability and scalability of database systems, implementing robust backup and disaster recovery strategies

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in database engineering or data architecture
• Deep expertise with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server
• Strong proficiency in SQL, performance tuning, and query optimization
• Proven experience designing high throughput, mission-critical production systems
• Extensive experience with backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery patterns