Database Reliability Engineer

Fuse Energy; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity sign-on

Biannual bonus

Fully expensed tech

Paid annual leave

Breakfast and dinner allowance

Job summary

Fuse Energy in the United States is seeking a backend/data engineer to own and scale our data infrastructure, including Postgres and ClickHouse, and to build reliable data pipelines for analytics and product needs. You will design analytical schemas, implement DBT models, and apply IaC with Pulumi and AWS CDK to keep the database code-driven and maintainable.

This role blends data modeling with hands-on coding in Python and SQL to translate business logic into trusted datasets that power rapid

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend or data‑focused engineering experience.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python is required.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing schemas and data models that reflect real‑world business logic.
• Familiarity with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks.
• Strong data validation, testing, and quality assurance practices.
• Infrastructure as code tooling (Pulumi, AWS CDK) — treat database as code.
• Ability to translate unfamiliar logic into clean, intuitive data models.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fuse's database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and product needs.
• Design and evolve analytical schemas that reflect business logic in structured data models.
• Migrate and transform data from Postgres into ClickHouse ensuring performance and reliability.
• Develop and maintain DBT models aligned to the company domain.
• Implement tests and data quality checks to ensure trustworthy datasets.
• Identify duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modelling standards.
• Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC — minimise direct DB modifications.

Skills

SQL

Python

PostgreSQL

Data Modeling

DBT

Data Validation

IaC

Pulumi

AWS CDK

ClickHouse

Tools

DBT

Pulumi

AWS CDK

ClickHouse

PostgreSQL

Job description

Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy - fast. We’re combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $210M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more.

We’re creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing solar, wind and hydrogen projects to real-time power trading and distributed energy installations. By selling directly to consumers, we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass on savings to customers.

But we’re not stopping there. We’re also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify our homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fuse's database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse
• Build and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and product needs
• Own the design and evolution of analytical schemas, translating business logic into structured, intuitive data models
• Migrate and transform data from Postgres into ClickHouse, ensuring performance and reliability
• Develop and maintain DBT models that reflect our business domain and make data easily accessible for teams
• Implement tests and data quality checks to ensure reliable and trustworthy datasets
• Identify and eliminate duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modelling standards
• Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC — minimise direct DB modifications

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a backend engineering or data-focused engineering role
• Writes the cleanest SQL you’ve ever seen — proficiency in Python and SQL is non-negotiable
• Hands-on experience with relational databases, particularly Postgres
• Experience designing schemas and building data models that reflect real-world business logic
• Familiarity with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks
• Strong understanding of data validation, testing, and quality assurance practices
• Manages all infrastructure through IaC tooling (Pulumi, AWS CDK) — treats the database as code, not a manual system
• Grasps new business domains quickly — able to translate unfamiliar logic into clean, intuitive data models without hand-holding

Bonus

• Experience with ClickHouse or columnar databases
• Familiarity with cloud-based data orchestration tools (Dagster, Step Functions)
• CI/CD practices for data pipelines and transformations
• Experience operating databases at scale in a production environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary and an equity sign-on bonus
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match your needs
• Paid annual leave
• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office based employees