Remote Senior PostgreSQL Reliability Engineer

YO AI Labs

Washington (District of Columbia)

Remote

USD 140,000 - 185,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to architect, optimize, and maintain highly available PostgreSQL environments in a remote-capable role. You will ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across cloud-based database systems, driving architectural decisions and operational excellence.

Responsibilities include designing HA PostgreSQL architectures on AWS, tuning performance, and automating maintenance.

Qualifications

5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic databases.
Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments.
Experience with data platforms, ETL, analytics workloads, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

Design and manage highly available PostgreSQL architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora.
Optimize queries, indexes, partitioning, and database performance.
Manage backup, replication, recovery, and failover processes.
Troubleshoot slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and database bottlenecks.
Automate database maintenance and reliability workflows.
Support data migrations, application scaling, and operational improvements.
Maintain clear technical documentation.