Senior SaaS Database Architect - Remote (US)

Pdq; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-Day Work Week

Equity Participation

Professional development

Medical coverage

Disability insurance

401k match

Flexible PTO

HSA incentives

Values Award

Job summary

PDQ, based in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Senior Database Administrator to design, build, and optimize databases for a fast-growing SaaS platform. You will lead performance tuning, ensure data integrity, and drive scalable architectures while collaborating with software and DevOps teams.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in database management, PostgreSQL mastery, and cloud experience (GCP). The role supports a remote US work model with strong observability and security focus.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience managing databases at scale.
• Experience with SaaS environments and high availability.
• Strong PostgreSQL expertise in high-volume environments; replication, partitioning, sharding.
• Experience with WAL and VACUUM behaviors and related tuning.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP) and database observability.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable database architecture for our SaaS platform.
• Lead performance tuning and troubleshooting of databases.
• Investigate production incidents and drive long-term improvements.
• Collaborate with software and DevOps to optimize queries and maintenance.
• Maintain observability and security of databases.

Skills

PostgreSQL

SQL optimization

Database tuning

Automation scripting

Cloud: GCP

Monitoring: Prometheus

Docker/Kubernetes

Security controls

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Cloud SQL

SQL Insights

Job description

PDQ, based in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks a Senior Database Administrator to design, build, and optimize databases for a fast-growing SaaS platform. You will lead performance tuning, ensure data integrity, and drive scalable architectures while collaborating with software and DevOps teams.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in database management, PostgreSQL mastery, and cloud experience (GCP). The role supports a remote US work model with strong observability and security focus.