Database Engineering Associate

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital seeks an Associate Database Engineer to support GovCloud initiatives and scalable data migration, capacity management, and cloud infrastructure improvements.

The role emphasizes database automation, on-premises and public cloud work, and ensuring production databases' availability and reliability. Strong CS background and AWS/RDBMS experience are valued, with a readiness for on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Strong CS background or related technical field
• Located in North America
• Experience with Python, AWS, and RDBMS
• 0-2 years deploying distributed apps using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS/GKE
• 0-2 years of AWS experience building and operating production-grade infrastructure
• 0-2 years of database engineering experience (relational, NoSQL, or both)
• 0-2 years of Linux system engineering experience
• 0-2 years of scripting or programming in Shell, Python, and/or Golang
• Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Responsibilities

• Come up with innovative ideas to improve performance, scalability, and resilience in a large-scale platform
• Implement comprehensive functional and system tests for your area of responsibility and for overall database quality
• Debug, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose defects
• Participate in database automation and feature enhancement on premises and in public cloud platforms
• Take responsibility and accountability for the availability and reliability of all production databases
• Work with other Engineering teams to triage issues
• Define, develop, and deploy system monitoring requirements and thresholds, as well as corrective actions
• Improve system reliability through predictive analysis
• Collaborate with stakeholders and give them detailed feedback on resiliency initiatives
• Participate in production Incident Management and Escalation Management calls and drive incidents to resolution
• Provide technical and platform support to the customers and stakeholders who use the production systems

Skills

Python

AWS

Relational Database Management Systems

Shell scripting

Golang

Linux

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

GKE

PostgreSQL

Splunk

ELK Stack

Grafana

Prometheus

Terraform

Job description

**This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) operating on U.S. Soil who does not hold dual citizenship and has the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role, including a Criminal Justice Information Services screening with fingerprint scan. Due to the citizenship requirements for this role, which supports U.S. federal, state, and/or local government customers, citizenship will be verified through two of the following REAL ID Act documents: U.S. Passport, Passport Card, REAL Driver's License, Global Entry Card, U.S. Government CAC/PIV. You agree to complete a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position with the U.S. federal government and gain other clearances as deemed appropriate for the role.**

The Experience

The GovCloud Database team is committed to the security and efficiency of data and database management. We build technology solutions for the diverse needs of our government cloud customers, including services that keep our databases and applications running smoothly.

As an Associate Database Engineer, you'll help deliver scalable data migration, capacity management, and cloud infrastructure improvements. We're looking for database automation engineers who are ready to take on significant challenges and drive innovation in database technology.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Come up with innovative ideas to improve performance, scalability, and resilience in a large-scale platform
• Implement comprehensive functional and system tests for your area of responsibility and for overall database quality
• Debug, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose defects
• Participate in database automation and feature enhancement on premises and in public cloud platforms
• Take responsibility and accountability for the availability and reliability of all production databases
• Work with other Engineering teams to triage issues
• Define, develop, and deploy system monitoring requirements and thresholds, as well as corrective actions
• Improve system reliability through predictive analysis
• Collaborate with stakeholders and give them detailed feedback on resiliency initiatives
• Participate in production Incident Management and Escalation Management calls and drive incidents to resolution
• Provide technical and platform support to the customers and stakeholders who use the production systems

You're Our Person If...

• Strong background in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Located in North America
• Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) skills
• 0-2 years of experience deploying distributed applications using containers (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, EKS, GKE)
• 0-2 years of hands-on AWS experience, including building and operating production-grade infrastructure
• 0-2 years of database engineering experience (relational, NoSQL, or both)
• 0-2 years of Linux system engineering experience
• 0-2 years of scripting or programming experience in Shell, Python, and/or Golang
• Willing and ready to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Even Better If...

• Practical experience using AI tools, such as AI coding assistants or generative AI, to speed up development, automate workflows, or improve infrastructure quality
• Experience with log management and analytics platforms such as Splunk or the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Kubernetes
• Cybersecurity fundamentals
• Experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience in any of the monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, etc.