Senior Database Engineer

Next Matter; Ciudad de México; A distancia; MXN 1,468,000 - 1,836,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading real estate company seeks a Senior Database Engineer to manage cloud-based databases and support high-throughput services. Responsibilities include automation, collaboration with developers, and ensuring database security and performance. Ideal candidates will have expertise in database engines and experience with AWS RDS. The role offers remote flexibility and competitive compensation.

Servicios

Competitive salary

Equity awards

Formación

• Deep expertise in at least one core database engine.
• Hands-on experience in cloud-managed database services.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and strong scripting skills.

Responsabilidades

• Own the full lifecycle of databases in AWS.
• Develop automation for database provisioning.
• Contribute to and evolve the API-first database platform.

Conocimientos

Database management

Automation

Scripting

Customer communication

Educación

Expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

Herramientas

AWS RDS

Terraform

Descripción del empleo

About the team

The Database Engineering (DBE) team at Zillow is responsible for designing, building, and supporting the mission critical database infrastructure that powers Zillow’s products and services. We manage a diverse portfolio of databases including AWS Aurora (PostgreSQL and MySQL) and SQL Server on EC2, focusing on automation, performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Our team is part of the Platform & Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) organization, which supports Zillow’s transformation to a modern, cloud-native architecture. As we move closer to completing the final aspect of our data center exit, we are focused on building a developer-first, API-driven platform that empowers internal teams to self-serve and operate confidently at scale, while maintaining strong operational and security standards.

About the role

As a Senior Database Engineer at Zillow, you will help shape the future of database services across our platform. You will be responsible for the design, provisioning, and lifecycle management of cloud-based transactional databases, supporting high-throughput services used by millions of Zillow customers.

You will also play a key role in our shift toward greater automation, observability, and intelligent operations using infrastructure-as-code and AI-augmented tooling.

This is a high-impact engineering role that blends deep database expertise with platform thinking, collaboration, and customer empathy. You’ll work closely with developers, system engineers, data engineers, and other platform teams to create reliable, scalable, and secure database solutions, while driving standards, reducing operational overhead, and solving tough infrastructure challenges.

As a Senior Database Engineer at Zillow, you will

• Own the full lifecycle of Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and SQL Server databases in AWS, from design and provisioning to monitoring, tuning, and retirement.
• Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, scaling, and managing databases using Terraform and Python/Bash scripting.
• Partner with developers and system engineers to support modern application patterns, including real-time replication, read replicas, CI/CD workflows, and temporary on-demand environments.
• Champion observability by integrating performance insights, slow query logs, and cost data into a centralized metrics and alerting framework.
• Contribute to and evolve our API-first database platform, exposing key database workflows through self-service portals and internal developer tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis for production issues, owning outcomes and continuously improving reliability.
• Act as a mentor and collaborative partner to engineers across Zillow, helping to raise the bar in database operations and cloud-native design.
• Explore and pilot AI-powered agents and recommendations for query tuning, anomaly detection, cost optimization, and access governance.

This role has been categorized as a teleworker position. Teleworkers do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a location of their choice identified to the Company. Employees may live anywhere, with a preference for attendance at occasional in-office events.

In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits, this position is eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance, and location.

Who you are

• Deep expertise in at least one core database engine (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server), with hands-on experience in cloud-managed database services like AWS RDS and Aurora.
• A track record of building secure, resilient, and performant database infrastructure in production environments.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code, ideally Terraform, and strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience troubleshooting complex query performance, replication, or availability issues using native database tools and cloud metrics (e.g., CloudWatch, pg_stat_statements, Perf Insights).
• A customer-first mindset and clear communication skills—you listen, guide, and educate with humility.
• A bias for action, continuous improvement, and building systems that reduce friction and increase developer productivity.

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter. As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first-class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do is helping people move from dreaming to transacting—no matter what job you’re in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, and a commitment to Equity and Belonging. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.