Senior PostgreSQL Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Okta; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave including PTO and parental leave

Job summary

Okta is hiring a Senior Database Reliability Engineer based in San Francisco to enhance their data persistence layer and optimize large-scale systems. This role requires extensive experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL, along with skills in automation and monitoring tools. Ideal candidates will design reliable database architectures, respond to incidents, and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Competitive compensation with additional benefits strengthens the appeal of this pivotal role.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience in high-volume production environments.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals.
• Production experience with MySQL.
• Advanced SQL skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate highly available PostgreSQL clusters.
• Optimize query performance and indexing strategies.
• Lead response during database incidents.
• Collaborate with software engineers on database-related tasks.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Automation with Go or Python

Query Optimization

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

PgBouncer

HAProxy

Job description

Okta is hiring a Senior Database Reliability Engineer based in San Francisco to enhance their data persistence layer and optimize large-scale systems. This role requires extensive experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL, along with skills in automation and monitoring tools. Ideal candidates will design reliable database architectures, respond to incidents, and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Competitive compensation with additional benefits strengthens the appeal of this pivotal role.