Senior PostgreSQL Reliability Engineer - Remote

Remotebridge; United States; Remote; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity compensation

Performance-based bonus

Health insurance premium reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Remote-first workforce

Zusammenfassung

micro1 is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to architect and optimize PostgreSQL environments in a remote-first setup. You will drive reliability, high availability, and performance at scale within a cloud-native stack, collaborating across teams to support migrations and new features.

The role requires 5+ years managing production PostgreSQL databases, deep PostgreSQL internals knowledge, and hands-on AWS RDS/Aurora experience.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of PostgreSQL in production.
• 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 high-availability design.
• Strong analytical abilities in troubleshooting slow queries, execution plans, locks, and deadlocks.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining large-scale, high-traffic databases with millions of rows.
• Deep care for clear, proactive written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a remote team.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and manage highly available PostgreSQL architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Tune queries and indices to optimize performance and scale.
• Ensure disaster recovery with backups, replication, and failover processes.
• Diagnose and resolve slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and bottlenecks in large databases.
• Automate routine maintenance tasks and promote operational excellence across environments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support new features, migrations, and scaling.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and clear communication.

Kenntnisse

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

Query tuning

Replication

High availability design

Performance optimization

Remote collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Monitoring tools

Jobbeschreibung

micro1 is seeking a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to architect and optimize PostgreSQL environments in a remote-first setup. You will drive reliability, high availability, and performance at scale within a cloud-native stack, collaborating across teams to support migrations and new features.

The role requires 5+ years managing production PostgreSQL databases, deep PostgreSQL internals knowledge, and hands-on AWS RDS/Aurora experience.