Remote Senior Database Platform Engineer

Dimensional Fund Advisors; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dimensional Funds Advisors LP in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Database Platform Engineer to design and run HA data services across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake. You will lead security implementations and automation, enabling reliable data access and governance across teams.

You will mentor the database team, collaborate with stakeholders, and occasionally work from a home office per policy, with a flexible office presence in multiple states.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, CS, or CE with 7 years of relevant HA and DB experience.
• Experience engineering HA for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python, and PowerShell automation.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and administer high availability solutions for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake.
• Implement security and authentication frameworks (LDAP, OAuth 2.0) across databases.
• Perform database maintenance and monitoring with DPA, SolarWinds, and Sentry to ensure uptime.
• Develop Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks for automated deployment and configuration.
• Provide technical leadership to the database team and coordinate with stakeholders.

Skills

High availability engineering

Database security frameworks

Team leadership & mentoring

Cross-technology integration

SRE tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

7+ years of relevant experience

Tools

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Snowflake

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

SolarWinds

Sentry

Job description

Dimensional Funds Advisors LP in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Database Platform Engineer to design and run HA data services across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake. You will lead security implementations and automation, enabling reliable data access and governance across teams.

You will mentor the database team, collaborate with stakeholders, and occasionally work from a home office per policy, with a flexible office presence in multiple states.