Remote Senior PostgreSQL Reliability Engineer (HA & Performance)

Artha Nexgen; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to design, optimize, and secure PostgreSQL environments in a remote-first setup. You will lead efforts in reliability, performance, and scale for mission-critical databases on AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.

The role emphasizes deep database internals knowledge, disaster recovery, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment. Compensation reflects market ranges for remote U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, including backup, recovery, and HA design.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills across remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available PostgreSQL architectures on AWS RDS/Aurora.
• Tune queries, optimize indexing, and apply partitioning strategies for large-scale DBs.
• Ensure disaster recovery through robust backup, replication, and failover processes.
• Diagnose slow queries, locks, and deadlocks and resolve bottlenecks at scale.
• Automate routine maintenance tasks and promote operational excellence across environments.
• Collaborate with development teams on data migrations and feature support.
• Maintain clear documentation and effective communication.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Query tuning

AWS RDS/Aurora

High availability

Disaster recovery

Collaboration

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Monitoring tools

Job description

micro1 is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to design, optimize, and secure PostgreSQL environments in a remote-first setup. You will lead efforts in reliability, performance, and scale for mission-critical databases on AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.

The role emphasizes deep database internals knowledge, disaster recovery, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment. Compensation reflects market ranges for remote U.S.