Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Filevine

United States

On-site

USD 145,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Paid time off

Maternity & paternity leave

Short & long-term disability

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Job summary

A leading Legal AI company is seeking a Senior DBRE to manage the performance and scalability of their data platform. This role involves automating data lifecycle processes and optimizing databases like SQL Server and PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of experience, expertise in containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, and mastery of Terraform. The compensation package ranges from $145k to $180k, along with comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high-traffic production databases.
Expert knowledge in Snowflake.
Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and LLMs for automation.
Hands-on experience with Snowflake packaging/testing.

Responsibilities

Automate entire lifecycle of the data platform using AI tools.
Support and optimize Snowflake performance and application testing.
Manage deployment pipelines ensuring safe database changes.
Serve as a subject matter expert in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Terraform

AWS

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Snowflake

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Octopus Deploy

DynamoDB

Job description

Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.

Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.

Role Summary

As a Senior DBRE, you are the guardian of our data’s performance, availability, and scalability. You aren't just managing instances; you are automating the entire lifecycle of our data platform. We are looking for an engineer who is eager to explore how AI-driven automation and MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations can take our operations to the next level—from predictive scaling to streamlining incident response. From managing mission-critical SQL Server and Postgres to provisioning via Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, you will be the backbone of our data reliability strategy.

Responsibilities

Automation Evolution: Proactively explore and implement AI tools, LLM integrations, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) to reduce routine database toil, optimize query performance, and accelerate incident resolution. We want a creative mind to help evolve our operational duties.
Modern Data Stack: Support our data warehouse ecosystem by optimizing Snowflake performance, including application packaging and testing.
Performance Engineering: Own the deep-level optimization of MSSQL (crucial for on-call stability) and PostgreSQL at the server, database, and query levels.
Capacity Planning & Cost Optimization: Forecast resource utilization across platforms. Identify cost‑saving opportunities, optimize Snowflake credit usage, and right‑size AWS infrastructure.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Orchestration: Automate all data infrastructure using Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will manage containerized data services and stateful workloads.
CI/CD & Release Management: Manage and optimize deployment pipelines using GitLab and Octopus Deploy, ensuring safe, repeatable database schema changes.
Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create technical documentation, including runbooks, "how-to" guides for developer self‑service, and clear architectural diagrams.
On‑Call & Triage: Serve as the subject matter expert for SQL Server, Postgres, and Snowflake in a 24/7/365 on‑call rotation.

Qualifications

DBA Fundamentals: 8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high‑traffic production databases, specifically Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
Expert knowledge in Snowflake.
DevOps Expertise: Professional experience with Terraform, AWS, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy.
Containerization & Orchestration: Expert‑level knowledge of Docker and production experience running stateful applications within Kubernetes (K8s).
AI & Integration: Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and experience using LLMs to assist in coding or system automation.
Scripting & Programming: Expert‑level Python and PowerShell skills. Familiarity with C# and object‑oriented programming (OOP).ORM Optimization: Expert in tuning queries generated from ORMs (Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.).
The Data Stack: Hands‑on experience with Snowflake (packaging/testing) and DynamoDB.
Familiarity with OpenSearch, Redis and DynamoDB.
Education: B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent direct work experience.

Compensation Information: $145k - 180k

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. The total compensation package for this position will be determined by each individual’s location, qualifications, education, work experience, skills and performance. We believe in the importance of pay equity - the range listed is just one component of Filevine’s total compensation package for employees. This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

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