Database Reliability Engineer

Fuse Energy

• $100K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in backend or data-focused engineering role
  • Expert-level SQL and Python proficiency
  • Hands-on experience with Postgres databases
  • Experience in designing schemas and data models
  • Familiar with DBT or similar frameworks
  • Strong knowledge of data validation and quality assurance
  • Proficient in IaC tooling for infrastructure management

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the reliability and performance of Fuse's database infrastructure
  • Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for analytics and reporting
  • Design and evolve analytical schemas based on business logic
  • Migrate data from Postgres to ClickHouse with a focus on performance
  • Develop DBT models for accessible data representation
  • Implement testing and quality checks for trustworthy datasets
  • Improve data consistency and enforce modeling standards

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity sign-on bonus
  • Biannual bonus scheme
  • Fully expensed tech matching your needs
  • Paid annual leave
  • Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
      • Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fuse's database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse
      • Build and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and product needs
      • Own the design and evolution of analytical schemas, translating business logic into structured, intuitive data models
      • Migrate and transform data from Postgres into ClickHouse, ensuring performance and reliability
      • Develop and maintain DBT models that reflect our business domain and make data easily accessible for teams
      • Implement tests and data quality checks to ensure reliable and trustworthy datasets
      • Identify and eliminate duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modelling standards
      • Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC - minimise direct DB modifications

Requirements
    • 3+ years of experience in a backend engineering or data-focused engineering role
    • Writes the cleanest SQL you've ever seen - proficiency in Python and SQL is non-negotiable
    • Hands-on experience with relational databases, particularly Postgres
    • Experience designing schemas and building data models that reflect real-world business logic
    • Familiarity with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks
    • Strong understanding of data validation, testing, and quality assurance practices
    • Manages all infrastructure through IaC tooling (Pulumi, AWS CDK) - treats the database as code, not a manual system
    • Grasps new business domains quickly - able to translate unfamiliar logic into clean, intuitive data models without hand-holding

Bonus
    • Experience with ClickHouse or columnar databases
    • Familiarity with cloud-based data orchestration tools (Dagster, Step Functions)
    • CI/CD practices for data pipelines and transformations
    • Experience operating databases at scale in a production environment

Benefits
  • Competitive salary and an equity sign-on bonus
  • Biannual bonus scheme
  • Fully expensed tech to match your needs
  • Paid annual leave
  • Breakfast and dinner allowance for office based employees
* Ladders Estimates

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