Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Speedrun Talent Network; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 544.000 - 738.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ClickUp is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll own PostgreSQL databases on Linux in AWS, focusing on day-to-day administration, reliability, and scalable data management across environments.

You will patch, backup, tune, and monitor production databases, ensuring high availability and security while collaborating with product teams on deployments and migrations.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years in a senior DBA or Database Engineering role.
• PostgreSQL administration, backups, recovery, and performance tuning.
• Security, access control and compliance practices.
• Experience with large-scale production databases (250GB+).
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• SQL proficiency and scripting (Bash, Python, or similar).
• Cloud deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3).
• Strong documentation and organizational skills.

Aufgaben

• Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases in production on AWS.
• Ensure availability, performance, and data integrity with proactive monitoring.
• Perform patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management.
• Manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery testing.
• Handle access control, security, and compliance best practices.
• Capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and contention issues.
• Support application teams with query tuning and schema changes.
• Manage migrations and changes with minimal downtime.
• Maintain documentation of configurations and procedures.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

Kenntnisse

PostgreSQL admin

Linux

Monitoring

SQL scripting

AWS

Backup & Recovery

Security & Compliance

Tools

AWS RDS

Aurora

EC2

S3

Jobbeschreibung

At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible.

About This Role

ClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)

• Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance

• Perform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management

• Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans

• Handle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices

• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting

• Troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs

• Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments

• Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime

• Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production incidents

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role

• Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning

• Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices

• Experience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management

• Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)

• Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics

• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)

• Familiarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)

• Strong organizational and documentation skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks

• Familiarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems

• Experience with high availability setups, replication, and failover management

• Exposure to other database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms)

• Experience supporting enterprise or highly regulated environments

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