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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
United States
Posted
2026-02-12T15:30:06-05:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSBashGCPMySQLPythonRuby

Domain Knowledge

  • Engineering

Requirements

Our Ideal Candidate:

You have Experience with database administration, primarily using MySQL. Other RDB’s and Key value stores experience is also valued. Solid understanding of database system internals, and their impact on query and system performance.

Writing scripts should come as second nature to you, and you should have experience with Python, Bash, Ruby, or Perl (we gravitate towards Python).

We live in a dynamic world and systems often need change. You should have experience with a configuration management system like Puppet, Chef or Salt (we use Salt).

You are proficient in communicating technical details using English, both verbally and written.

Compensation & Benefits

Medical and Dental Coverage

Retirement Plan

Commuter Benefits

Wellness perks

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)

Education Perks

Responsibilities

MySQL database administration, management and engineering using industry and community standards/tools.

Enhance developer velocity by leading the design and development of automation and self-service tooling.

Preventing data loss using replication technologies and backups.

Improving and developing our toolset for MySQL management systems.

Implementing and improving our distributed database architecture in both Postgres and MySQL.

Improving recovery time through automation and processes.