Remote Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Hire Feed; Dubai; On-site; AED 808,000 - 955,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Feed is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer for a remote, full-time role. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable database systems to ensure high availability and performance, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive reliability improvements.

The position emphasizes expertise in PostgreSQL/MySQL, cloud platforms, and observability tools, with a focus on automation, security, and disaster recovery planning across global deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in database administration or reliability engineering.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Strong SQL and optimization skills.
• Cloud experience: AWS/GCP/Azure.
• IaC with Terraform/Ansible.
• Observability with Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize database architectures to meet performance and scalability requirements.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery processes for database systems.
• Lead incident response and post-mortem analysis to minimize downtime and improve system resilience.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate database best practices into development workflows.
• Evaluate and adopt new database technologies and tools to enhance reliability and efficiency.

Skills

PostgreSQL & MySQL

SQL proficiency

Cloud platforms

Terraform / Ansible

Observability tools

Scripting: Python Bash Go

Security & compliance

HA & DR

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

Hire Feed is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer for a remote, full-time role. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable database systems to ensure high availability and performance, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive reliability improvements.

The position emphasizes expertise in PostgreSQL/MySQL, cloud platforms, and observability tools, with a focus on automation, security, and disaster recovery planning across global deployments.