Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Database (x/f/m)

Doctolib; France; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Health Insurance

Relocation support

Flexible work policy

Wellbeing program

Caregiver support

Job summary

Doctolib is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Database Optimization team in Nantes. You will ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of Doctolib’s databases by designing core infrastructure, automating deployment, and improving monitoring and incident response.

The role requires 6+ years of production experience, strong cloud and database tech skills ( PostgreSQL, Kafka, Couchbase ), and fluent English.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on production platform experience.
• Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka, or Couchbase.
• Strong containerization with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Python, Go or Java.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain core infrastructure databases to support large-scale usage.
• Automate deployment, scaling and maintenance of databases for reliability.
• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.
• Provide documentation and tooling to empower feature teams in using databases.
• Mitigate production database issues during working hours when needed.
• Research and evaluate new technologies to improve reliability and availability.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Ruby

Python

Go

Java

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC

English

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Couchbase

Job description

Join a team of passionate and hardworking entrepreneurs to transform healthcare!Working in the tech team at Doctolib involves building innovative products and features to improve the daily lives of care teams and patients. We work in feature teams in an agile environment, while collaborating with engineering, design, and business teams.Doctolib is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to keep Doctolib production database systems running smoothly. You will also be a key-player to support the exponential growth of Doctolib services.

What you will do

You will join a team of developers, DBA and SRE responsible for:

• Improving and protecting the health of our datastores
• Empowering the whole tech teams to use our datastores in the most efficient way
• Collaborating everyday with our Database Architects, Principal Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers from other teams

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in our Doctolib Database Optimization team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our databases. You will:

• Design, build and maintain core infrastructure databases that allow Doctolib scaling to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent users.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and maintenance of databases to enhance system reliability and operational efficiency,
• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to identify and address potential issues before they impact both practitioners and patients,
• Provide documentation and tooling to empower the feature teams in their use of their databases, while ensuring their reliability,
• Mitigate production database issues during working hours when the issue cannot be fixed by the responsible feature team,
• Research and evaluate new technologies, tools, and best practices to continuously improve the reliability and availability of our systems and processes.

Who you are

• Have a strong hands-on experience (6y+) on a production platform, if possible at scale,
• Have proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud,
• Have proven experience with datastores such as PostgreSQL and/or Kafka and/or Couchbase,
• Have solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker and Kubernetes),
• Have proficiency in at least one programming language (Ruby, Python, Go, Java, etc.) and understanding of infrastructure as code principles,
• Are fluent in English.

Now, it would be fantastic if you:

• Have an experience with monitoring and observability tools,
• Like troubleshooting performance issues in complex environments.

What we offer

• Free Health Insurance for you
• Up to 14 days of RTTA flexible workplace policy offering both hybrid and office-based modes
• Flexibility days allowing to work in EU countries and the UK 10 days per year
• Wellbeing program with free mental health and coaching through moka.care
• Special support package for caregivers and workers with disabilities
• ParentCare Program: Enjoy full salary coverage (100%) during your first month of birth leave, and 75% during the second, covered by Doctolib
• Lunch voucher with Swile card
• Work Council subsidy for sport club membership or creative activities
• Bicycle subsidy
• Public transportation reimbursement
• Relocation support for international mobility

Interview process

• Recruiter Interview
• SRE Technical interview
• System Design Interview
• Behavioral interview
• Reference Check
• Offer!

Job details

• Contract: Permanent position
• Workplace: Nantes
• Start date: As soon as possible
• Remuneration: Competitive salary package according to your profile

We evaluate candidates based solely on qualifications and motivation, without any form of discrimination.

The more diverse ideas are heard, the more our product will truly improve healthcare for all.

You are welcome to apply to Doctolib, regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability.

To ensure equal opportunities, we invite you to exclude personal information (e.g. pictures, age) from your applications.

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