Database Engineer (Remote)

Frontdoor, Inc.

Idaho

Remote

USD 100,000 - 125,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

A leading home service company is seeking a skilled Database Engineer to optimize database performance, implement security measures, and automate tasks. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in database engineering. Proficiency in databases such as Oracle and AWS RDS is essential. This role offers competitive salary between $100k to $125k alongside comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in Database Engineering or Administration.
Strong proficiency in writing and debugging SQL queries.
Experience with Unix/Linux systems.

Responsibilities

Optimize database performance and security.
Implement automation for database tasks.
Support data security policies and backup strategies.

Skills

Optimizing queries

Database management in AWS

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Data security policies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Oracle

MongoDB

Postgres

MySQL

GoldenGate

AWS RDS

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Frontdoor is reimagining how homeowners maintain and repair their most valuable asset – their home. As the parent company of two leading brands, we bring over 50 years of experience in providing our members with comprehensive options to protect their homes from costly and unexpected breakdowns through our extensive network of pre‑qualified professional contractors. American Home Shield, the category leader in home service plans with approximately two million members, gives homeowners budget protection and convenience, covering up to 23 essential home systems and appliances. Frontdoor is a cutting edge, one‑stop app for home repair and maintenance. Enabled by our Streem technology, the app empowers homeowners by connecting them in real time through video chat with pre‑qualified experts to diagnose and solve their problems. The Frontdoor app also offers homeowners a range of other benefits including DIY tips, discounts and more. For more information about American Home Shield and Frontdoor, please visit frontdoorhome.com.

Responsibilities

As a Database Engineer, you will work on multiple database systems--optimizing performance, resiliency, scale, and security. You will be involved in scripting and creating automation for repeatable tasks, assist in architecting highly available and performant database systems, and being stewards of security and data integrity. You will be working with a team of skilled database engineers who have deep domain and technical knowledge of Frontdoor’s databases and cloud infrastructure.

Summary

Qualifications

Databases

Deploy, configure, and upgrade relational and NoSQL databases.
Analyze and optimize slow‑running queries, collaborate with software development teams to optimize query performance.
Monitor database health and performance using cloud‑native or third‑party tools.
Maintain accurate documentation of configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting runbooks.
Set up and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerting systems for database performance and capacity planning.
Support implementation of data security policies, including handling of PII and PCI data.
Configure backups, perform annual DB restore/failover testing, and patching activities.
Act as a first responder for database‑related issues and collaborate with developers and senior database engineers to resolve incidents.
Use scripting (e.g., Bash, Shell, Python) and tools like Ansible or Terraform to automate database tasks.
Participate in an on‑call rotation to support production systems.
Perform additional tasks as assigned in support of team and organizational goals.

Goldengate

Install, configure, and manage GoldenGate extracts and replicats – GoldenGate Core and BigData
Troubleshoot issues with GoldenGate installation, setup, and configuration.

Required Skills

Strong proficiency in writing, optimizing, and debugging queries, stored procedures, and triggers.
Demonstrated experience in managing Oracle, MongoDB, Postgres, MySQL, and other database platforms in AWS RDS.
Demonstrated experience in configuring and managing GoldenGate replication – GG Core and BigData
Able to debug complex database/system issues and analyze Splunk or ElasticSearch APM logs/metrics.
Demonstrated experience in writing automation scripts (bash/shell). Knowledge of Python and other languages are a plus.
Passion for automating tasks and learning new skills.
Experience with managing databases and services hosted in AWS.
Experience with Unix/Linux systems.

Minimum Education, Licensure and Professional Certification requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Minimum Experience required

(number of years necessary to perform role): 5+ years Database Engineering or Database Administration experience

Other/State Specific

This role pays between 100k to 125k, and your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, responsibilities, experience, and location.

At Frontdoor certain roles are eligible for additional rewards and incentives. Speak directly to your recruiter to learn more.

Our approach to benefits is holistic, and includes health, wellbeing and financial components including: insurance for medical/pharmacy, dental, vision, life, and disability, weight loss and smoking cessation programs, matching 401(k) and ability to participate in our employee stock purchase plan.

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