Senior Database Reliability Engineer

ClickUp; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ClickUp is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join the Database Operations team. You will be responsible for PostgreSQL databases on Linux in AWS, focusing on day-to-day administration, operational excellence, and reliable data management across environments.

Lead backups, restores, upgrades, and performance tuning while ensuring security and access controls. You’ll collaborate with product teams, participate in on-call rotations, and help drive disaster recovery readiness across

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a senior database admin or Database Eng role.
• Strong PostgreSQL administration skills incl. backups, restore, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of database security, access control, and compliance practices.
• Experience with large-scale production DBs (250GB+).
• Solid Linux admin skills and scripting ability (Bash, Python).
• Familiarity with AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3 DB deployments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2).
• Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity via proactive monitoring.
• Perform routine tasks: patching, vacuuming, reindexing, and stats management.
• Execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures with tested plans.
• Manage user access, roles, and database security for best practices.
• Capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting.
• Troubleshoot bottlenecks, locking, and failed jobs.
• Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and deployments.
• Manage migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime.
• Maintain docs for configurations, standards, and operations.
• Participate in on-call rotations for production incidents.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Linux administration

SQL scripting

AWS cloud (RDS/Aurora/EC2)

Backup and recovery

Performance tuning

Security and access control

On-call support

Documentation

Tools

Monitoring tools

Job description

At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible.

About This Role

ClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well‑managed across environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)
• Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance
• Perform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management
• Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans
• Handle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices
• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting
• Troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs
• Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments
• Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime
• Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures
• Participate in on‑call rotations and provide support for production incidents

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role
• Strong hands‑on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices
• Experience managing large‑scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management
• Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)
• Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Familiarity with cloud‑based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)
• Strong organizational and documentation skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks
• Familiarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems
• Experience with high availability setups, replication, and failover management
• Exposure to other database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms)
• Experience supporting enterprise or highly regulated environments

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