Database Reliability Engineer III New Brooklyn, NY (Rent the Runway HQ)

Rent The Runway; Mississippi; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Rent The Runway, seeks a Database Reliability Engineer to enhance the performance and reliability of their cloud-managed database platforms. You will drive data lifecycle management, collaborate with engineering teams to optimize database operations, and implement governance practices in a modern, cloud-native environment.

Benefits

Paid Time Off including vacation and family sick leave

Universal Paid Parental Leave

Paid Sabbatical after 5 years

Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts

Comprehensive health, vision, and dental from day 1

401k match

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience with relational databases like MySQL.
• 2+ years hands-on with MongoDB.
• Proficient in Python for scripting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize CloudSQL and MongoDB environments.
• Implement data lifecycle and governance practices.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows.

Skills

Performance tuning

Data governance

Scripting

Automation

Cloud-native environments

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent experience in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD workflows

Job description

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”

About the Job:

As a Database Reliability Engineer, you’ll take ownership of the performance, reliability, and data governance of our cloud-managed database platforms, primarily CloudSQL(MySQL) and MongoDB. A key part of the role is driving data lifecycle management — including pruning, archiving, and retention policies — to ensure our platform remains clean, compliant, and cost-efficient. You'll collaborate with engineering teams to optimize query performance, advance automation efforts, and evolve our database operations toward a modern, cloud-native, infrastructure-as-code model. As part of our broader data platform transformation, you’ll have the opportunity to take on scoped work in support of the Data Engineering team — contributing to the data platform rebuild through your expertise in database performance, structure, and governance. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role that plays a critical part in maintaining a scalable, governed, and low-maintenance data foundation as the business grows.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage and optimize CloudSQL and MongoDB environments for performance, reliability, and cost
• Implement data lifecycle and governance practices (e.g. pruning, retention, access control)
• Improve platform efficiency through query tuning, schema design, and automation
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows for database operations
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and cross-functional platform initiatives
• Help evolve the DBA role into a modern, proactive database engineering function
• Take on scoped technical delivery work as part of broader Data Engineering platform initiatives

About You:

• You have 6+ years of experience working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres) in production, including cloud-managed services like CloudSQL or RDS
• You have 2+ years of hands-on experience with MongoDB, including performance tuning and applying governance or lifecycle practices
• You’ve worked in cloud-native environments (preferably GCP) and are comfortable using Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tools
• You are proficient in Python (or another general-purpose language) for scripting, automation, or infrastructure workflows
• You have experience implementing CI/CD workflows for database changes and are familiar with Git-based deployment
• You’ve contributed to or enforced data governance policies such as retention, pruning, and access controls
• You’ve made measurable improvements to platform performance, cost, or reliability — including optimizing indexing strategies, query patterns, and database schema design
• You take ownership, communicate clearly, and enjoy collaborating with engineers and data teams
• You’re pragmatic, improvement-driven, and excited to shape the future of database engineering in a cloud-first world

Bonus Points:

• Familiarity with Snowflake or BigQuery, including query performance and cost optimization
• Experience working with workflow orchestration tools such as Prefect, Airflow, or similar
• Experience integrating SQL or dbt linters into CI/CD workflows to enforce code quality and platform standards
• Experience designing or maintaining data quality checks, test automation, or schema validation workflows

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!
• Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts - to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
• 401k match - an investment in your future.
• Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
• Hybrid work - individual contributors on our tech team follow a sprint schedule and generally alternate fully remote weeks and working remotely two days per week, in accordance with Company policies.

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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The anticipated base salary for this position is $116,000 to $145,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held.

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