Site Reliability Engineer III (DBA)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Flexible vacation

MacBook Pro stipend

Childcare bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III (DBA) to join a leader in the IT space. The role concentrates on reliability, performance, and scalability of production databases that support critical services, partnering with engineering and service owners to strengthen operations and automate away manual work.

Remote role for US-based candidates only. You will design highly available database architectures, manage backups and DR, optimize performance, and drive readiness reviews for new

Qualifications

• 6–8 years in site reliability engineering or similar roles with production database experience.
• Hands-on mastery of MySQL and distributed or sharded database systems.
• Experience with Vitess in production is strongly preferred.
• Administering NoSQL databases like Cassandra is required.
• Proficient in SQL with skills in query performance analysis and troubleshooting.
• Solid Linux systems administration skills.
• Familiarity with infrastructure management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available database architecture for distributed and sharded database systems.
• Create operational procedures and runbooks for SRE teams.
• Optimize database performance through indexing and capacity planning.
• Manage database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor service health and collaborate on SLIs and SLOs with service owners.
• Develop automation tools to minimize manual tasks in database management.
• Lead Production Readiness Reviews for new database services.

Skills

MySQL

Vitess

Cassandra

SQL

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III (DBA) to join the team of a leader in the Information Technology space.

This role will focus on the reliability, performance, and scalability of production database environments that support critical services. You will partner closely with engineering and service owners to strengthen operational practices, improve availability, and reduce manual effort through automation. The position combines deep database administration expertise with site reliability discipline to support resilient systems in a fast-moving technical environment.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $125,000 – $150,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available database architecture for distributed and sharded database systems.


• Create operational procedures and runbooks for SRE teams.


• Optimize database performance through indexing and capacity planning.


• Manage database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.


• Monitor service health and collaborate on SLIs and SLOs with service owners.


• Develop automation tools to minimize manual tasks in database management.


• Lead Production Readiness Reviews for new database services.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in site reliability engineering or similar roles with production database experience.


• Hands-on mastery of MySQL and distributed or sharded database systems.


• Experience with Vitess in production is strongly preferred.


• Administering NoSQL databases like Cassandra is required.


• Proficient in SQL with skills in query performance analysis and troubleshooting.


• Solid Linux systems administration skills.


• Familiarity with infrastructure management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare including dental and vision for families.


• Generous flexible vacation policy.


• MacBook Pro and workstation stipend provided.


• Childcare bonuses available.


• Maternity and paternity leave policy in place.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.