Database Reliability Engineer

National Geographic; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

DraftKings is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to support the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of our demanding real-time database infrastructure for sports betting and gaming. You will combine database expertise with software engineering and automation to build resilient, self-healing systems and drive reliability across cloud and on-premises environments.

You will work alongside application teams to promote safe DB practices, optimize performance, and leverage

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in Database Reliability Engineering or related infrastructure engineering roles with a strong database focus.
• Experience supporting relational databases, preferably Aurora MySQL, and with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ScyllaDB, Aurora, or other managed cloud DB services.
• Hands-on software development experience in Go or Python to build automation and tooling for Kubernetes controllers and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Drive database reliability across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ScyllaDB, Aerospike and managed cloud services, focusing on high availability, replication, partitioning, storage, and connection management.
• Build automation-first database platforms with Kubernetes operators and IaC, GitOps workflows, and production-grade tooling for provisioning, failover, backups, migrations, and lifecycle management.
• Develop self-healing, fault-tolerant infrastructure and internal tooling to reduce operational toil and improve engineering efficiency.
• Optimize performance and cost across cloud and on-premises environments, including capacity planning, resource efficiency, and workload consolidation.
• Collaborate with application engineering teams to promote safe database practices and zero-downtime deployments.
• Leverage AI to improve observability, anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and documentation, ensuring reliability and secure AI-generated outputs.

Job description

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It’s transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We’re not waiting for the future to arrive. We’re shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together. The Crown Is Yours As a Database Reliability Engineer, you'll support the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of the database infrastructure powering one of the most demanding real time platforms in sports betting and gaming. In this role, you'll combine deep database expertise with software engineering and infrastructure automation to build resilient, self healing systems, improve platform performance, and drive reliability across cloud and on premises database environments.

What You’ll Do

• Drive database reliability across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ScyllaDB, Aerospike, and managed cloud services by supporting high availability, replication, partitioning, storage, and connection management.
• Build and enhance automation first database platforms by developing Kubernetes operators, infrastructure as code, GitOps workflows, and production quality tooling in Go or Python to automate provisioning, failover, backups, schema migrations, and lifecycle management.
• Build self healing, fault tolerant infrastructure and internal tooling that reduces operational toil, improves engineering efficiency, and simplifies day to day database operations.
• Optimize database performance and cost across cloud and on premises environments by supporting capacity planning, resource efficiency, storage optimization, workload consolidation, and performance tuning for large scale systems.
• Partner closely with application engineering teams to promote safe database practices, including schema reviews, migration strategies, query optimization, connection management, and zero downtime deployment processes.
• Leverage AI to improve engineering productivity and database operations through intelligent observability, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, documentation, predictive insights, and evaluation of AI generated code to ensure reliability and security.

What You’ll Bring

• At least 2 years of experience in Database Reliability Engineering, Database Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related infrastructure engineering role with a strong database focus.
• Experience supporting at least one major relational database, preferably Aurora MySQL, along with operational experience working with technologies such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ScyllaDB, Aurora, or other managed cloud database services.
• Experience building and operating stateful workloads on Kubernetes using technologies such as StatefulSets, Persistent Volumes, database operators, Terraform, Pulumi, FluxCD, ArgoCD, GKE, or EKS.
• Hands on software development experience using Go or Python to build automation, platform tooling, Kubernetes controllers, APIs, and infrastructure that reduces manual effort and improves engineering efficiency.
• An automation first, data driven mindset with experience improving reliability through observability, monitoring, service level objectives, capacity planning, performance optimization, and self service engineering solutions.
• Practical experience using AI tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, MCP, or similar technologies to improve design, coding, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational workflows while applying sound engineering judgment to validate AI generated outputs.

Join Our Team We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role. The US base salary range for this full-time position is 112,000.00 USD - 140,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. It’s simple, at DraftKings, we believe life’s more fun with skin in the game. For that reason, we’re committed to responsibly creating the world’s favorite games and betting experiences. Headquartered in Boston, with offices around the globe, we believe we can continue to define what it means to be a technology company in sports entertainment. We love what we do, and think you will too.