About the PositionWe are seeking a
Database Site Reliability Engineer who demonstrates a strong skill set in managing
PostgreSQL. In this role, you will own the
reliability and operability of our PostgreSQL services supporting a growing
24x7 SaaS platform, with an emphasis on
availability, performance, observability, incident response, and automation. You will partner with cross-functional teams-including developers, operations, and infrastructure-to ensure that our database services run smoothly and efficiently. If you are passionate about operational excellence and continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do- Responsible to design, implement, and maintain high-availability, high throughput, data and compute intensive, critical database systems running PostgreSQL which supports a growing 24x7 SaaS platform.
- Define and improve database service reliability through monitoring/alerting, SLO-oriented metrics, and operational readiness.
- Participate in and help drive incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident corrective actions for database-related production events.
- Partner with other technical leaders to ensure all newly introduced systems are supportable and maintainable by both development and operations.
- Provides escalated technical guidance and support to other technology teams throughout the organization
- Provides on-call coverage for production support and other duties as required.
- Accountable for complying with HIPAA security policies within the database platform
- Ensure all solutions and operational activities adhere to the security and operating policies established by the organization
- Own and continuously improve our Datadog database observability by building actionable dashboards, alerts, and service-level views using an observability stack (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, or equivalent). Familiarity with PGAnalyze or Percona a plus.
- Automate system maintenance tasks using Bash, Powershell, Python, or Ansible. Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) writing Ansible playbooks. Some exposure to Terraform a plus.
- Experience with writing & designing ETL pipelines using Python a plus
- Understand and maintain various PostgreSQL ecosystem components like: PgBouncer, PgBackrest, HaProxy, RepMgr a plus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
What We're Looking For- BS degree in Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 7-10+ years of Engineering experience with Database Engineering, Systems Engineering, DevOps and/or SRE
- Experience in cloud-based compute, storage, and containerization solutions (Azure & Kubernetes preferred)
- Proficiency with operating PostgreSQL in a Linux environment is a plus
- Expertise with an observability/monitoring platform (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic, Datadog, or equivalent); Datadog experience is a plus.
- Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments and operating production services with ITSM practices where applicable
What We Offer- Competitive salary - $120,000-160,000
- Employer sponsored health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Retirement plan with company contribution
- Annual company profit sharing
- Personal development/training budget
- Open, collaborative work environment
- Extensive 2-week onboarding plan
- Comprehensive mentorship program
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6/2/2026
