Staff Software Engineer - Database Engineering

United States Digital Space LLC; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Clari + the company in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Staff Software Engineer, DBE to design, build, and scale our data platform. You will lead large cross-functional projects, architect scale-out strategies, and drive automation across cloud DB systems while collaborating with architects, product development, and data science teams.

You will have 8+ years of experience with RDBMS and NoSQL, expertise in PostgreSQL/MySQL/Aurora, MongoDB, Cassandra, and proficiency in Python or Java.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and managing large-scale distributed DB systems in the cloud (AWS/GCP).
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB, Cassandra for optimization.
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible).
• Proficiency in Python or Java and shell scripting.
• Experience with HA, backups, disaster recovery (Patroni a plus).
• Familiar with sharding technologies like Citus for PostgreSQL.
• Strong SQL tuning and performance optimization.
• Distributed systems understanding and microservices integration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across timezones.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale our RDBMS (Postgres/MySQL/Aurora) and NoSQL systems (Cassandra, MongoDB) to meet ingestion and analytical demands.
• Lead large, cross-functional projects addressing data persistence, migration, and scaling.
• Architect scale-out strategies including sharding technologies to distribute workloads across clusters.
• Build automation and tooling (Infrastructure as Code) to improve engineering efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate with Architects, Product Development, and Data Science to design scalable systems.
• Maintain, protect, and grow data resources with high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.

Skills

8+ years cloud DB

RDBMS & NoSQL

IaC (Terraform)

Python or Java

HA/DR

PostgreSQL/MySQL/Aurora

Citus clustering

SQL performance

Distributed systems

Cross-timezone collab

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

GCP

Patroni

MongoDB

Cassandra

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Aurora

Git

Shell scripting

Job description

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer, Database EngineeringLocation: India, Hybrid

*This is a hybrid position, which will require the ability to be onsite in our Bengaluru, India office as needed. Candidates must be based in India.*

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Clari + the company are building the next era of enterprise revenue — one where teams make confident decisions powered by AI and real signals. By combining our scale, insights, and AI innovation, we’re building the industry’s first Predictive Revenue System, enabling humans and AI to work together to make smarter decisions and drive consistent growth.

With thousands of customers using our platforms every day, we have an unmatched view into how revenue is actually won — the Revenue Context that reveals what happens, when, and with what outcome. This gives us a unique opportunity to transform an entire category and set a new benchmark for how modern revenue teams operate.

Join us to help transform how companies around the world run revenue — and build the platform that will guide leading revenue teams into the future.THE OPPORTUNITY:

At Clari + the company, our Staff Software Engineer, DBE will be pivotal to our company’s success. You will be a key member of our fast-growing and high-performing team in India. We are looking for an experienced technical leader who can help realize the Clari + the company vision of a "Data Platform as a Service." We are looking for engineers who are passionate about database reliability, cloud automation, and data integrity, and who thrive working on leading-edge technologies to scale our DataHub to Petabyte Scale.

On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible to:

• Design, build, and scale our RDBMS (Postgres, MySQL, Amazon Aurora) and NoSQL systems (Cassandra, MongoDB) to meet massive ingestion and analytical demands.

• Lead large, cross-functional projects that identify and overcome friction points in data persistence, migration, and scaling.

• Architect scale-out strategies, including the evaluation and implementation of sharding technologies to distribute workloads effectively across clusters.

• Build automation and tooling (Infrastructure as Code) to improve engineering efficiency, reduce toil, and empower product teams to operate in a reliable and secure manner.

• Collaborate synchronously and asynchronously with Architects, Product Development, and Data Science teams to gather requirements and design scalable, distributed systems.

• Maintain, protect, and grow our data resources by owning the "backbone" of our production environment, including high-availability (HA) solutions, backups, and disaster recovery.

As a technical leader within the Platform Operations Infrastructure Team, you are a resilient problem solver. You have a deep understanding of the engineering lifecycle and how teams work in Agile. You hold strong opinions, loosely held, and welcome new perspectives supported by thoughtful reasoning and data. You thrive in a collaborative environment where cross-team impact and a diversity of ideas are valued.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, DBE to provide an experienced backbone to our team in the form of automation, capacity planning, and overall database platform management. If you’re looking for an opportunity to learn more, do more, and become more, then this is the career path for you!

THE TEAM:

Clari + the company's Platform Operations Infrastructure organization builds systems and tools to enable engineering velocity in a reliable manner. We partner with engineering teams to establish standards, improve reliability, and increase cost-efficiency. This is a great opportunity to make a massive impact on scaling cloud infrastructure to meet the high demand and rapid growth of both users and workload per user.

Our Database Engineering Team consists of people passionate about solving customer problems, both internal and external.

THE SKILL SET:

• 8+ years of experience building and managing large-scale, business-critical, high-throughput stateful applications in the cloud (AWS/GCP).

• Expertise in RDBMS and NoSQL: Deep knowledge in optimizing and tuning PostgreSQL, MySQL Amazon Aurora, MongoDB, and Cassandra.

• Automation & IaC: Expert-level experience with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

• Coding Proficiency: Ability to code in Python or Java, with a solid grasp of shell scripting.

• Reliability & HA: Demonstrated experience with high-availability databases and failover clustering (experience with Patroni is a plus).

• Scaling & Sharding (Plus): Experience with database sharding technologies and extensions (e.g., Citus for PostgreSQL) is highly preferred but not required.

• Query Optimization: Expert-level SQL skills and the ability to aid product teams in complex performance tuning and problem resolution.

• Distributed Systems: Strong understanding of data processing, analytics, and how databases fit into a microservices architecture.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal skills, with a love for collaborating across multiple timezones in a remote-first environment.

At Clari + the company, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone belongs and can thrive. We focus on culture add, not culture fit, and believe our teams are made stronger by the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities each person brings.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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*We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, notetaking, or summarizing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment — all hiring decisions are made by people. If you would like more information about how your data is processed or prefer to opt out of any AI-assisted tools, please let your recruiter know. Opting out will not impact your experience or consideration.*