Senior Data SRE: MySQL/MongoDB Reliability & On-Call

Zello; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Equity with significant upside

Flexible schedules and time off

Sabbatical every five years

On-site ping-pong table

Free snacks in break room

Job summary

Zello is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer based in Austin, Texas. In this role, you will manage the reliability of MySQL and MongoDB clusters, tune performance, and lead incident responses. Your experience should include at least 7 years in infrastructure or database reliability, with a focus on high availability. The company offers competitive pay, equity, and flexible schedules, along with unique perks such as a sabbatical every five years to pursue personal interests.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in SRE, DevOps, platform, infrastructure, or database reliability roles.
• At least 3 years owning production databases.
• Experience with incident response in high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate highly available MySQL and MongoDB databases.
• Tune query performance, schema, and index strategy.
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive incident response.

Skills

MySQL

MongoDB

ScyllaDB

Elasticsearch

Python

Go

Bash

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Education

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Zello is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer based in Austin, Texas. In this role, you will manage the reliability of MySQL and MongoDB clusters, tune performance, and lead incident responses. Your experience should include at least 7 years in infrastructure or database reliability, with a focus on high availability. The company offers competitive pay, equity, and flexible schedules, along with unique perks such as a sabbatical every five years to pursue personal interests.