Staff Database Reliability Engineer, DBRE

Assured; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Healthcare plan (Platinum)

Unlimited PTO

3% 401(k) contribution

Life insurance & disability

Job summary

Assured is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Database) to scale our PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora workloads for a fast-growing SaaS platform. You’ll own the database infrastructure, design robust monitoring, and build automation to ensure reliability at scale.

You will work closely with software teams, evolve our reliability culture, and expand to broader SRE responsibilities as we grow, with remote-friendly and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or DB administration roles.
• Deep PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora expertise with production scale.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
• Strong background in highly available, scalable database design.
• Proven ability to optimize database performance and enforce best practices.

Responsibilities

• Scale and optimize database infrastructure for PostgreSQL and Aurora.
• Design monitoring, tuning, and scaling strategies for the SaaS platform.
• Build automation and tooling for consistent database management.
• Drive initiatives to improve system health and uptime.
• Evolve into broader SRE responsibilities across infra and reliability culture.

Skills

SRE/DevOps

Database Administration

PostgreSQL

Amazon Aurora

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

High Availability

Performance Tuning

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Prisma

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Redshift

Job description

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing (i.e. should we pay this claim?), while often overlooked, is the foundation of the entire industry. It’s currently highly manual, involving phone calls, faxes, and gut instinct, costing tens of billions of dollars a year. We can do better.

At Assured, we provide large insurers with the software solutions they need to win in a modern, technology-driven world. From self-service claim-filing software to backend fraud detection, we’re the engine that powers claims processing for some of the largest insurers in the world.

The challenges we face are deep and diverse, from creating digital experiences that provide comfort and clarity to claimants at their most stressed and vulnerable to orchestrating large-scale ML-driven decision-making on billions of dollars of claims payments, life at Assured is dynamic, collaborative, and rewarding.

We’re looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Database) to help shape and scale the backbone of our growing platform. You’ll lead the design, automation, and optimization of our database infrastructure, ensuring it’s reliable, secure, and built for scale. If you thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy solving complex performance challenges, we’d love to talk.

What You’ll Do

Scale and optimize our database infrastructure for performance and reliability, starting with PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora.

Design and implement robust monitoring, tuning, and scaling strategies to support our expanding SaaS platform.

Build automation and tooling to streamline database management, focusing on consistency and repeatability.

Drive optimization initiatives that enhance overall system health and uptime.

Evolve into broader SRE responsibilities beyond the database layer, shaping our infrastructure and reliability culture as we grow.

What You Bring

8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Database Administration roles.

Deep expertise in PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora, with hands-on experience managing production workloads at scale.

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js, and comfort working close to application code.

A strong background in highly available, scalable database design and operations.

Proven ability to optimize database performance, resolve complex issues, and enforce best practices.

A solid engineering foundation and a passion for building reliable systems.

Bonus Points

Experience with Terraform or Terragrunt for infrastructure as code.

Familiarity with Prisma or other ORM frameworks.

Experience working with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.

Exposure to Redshift or other data warehouse technologies.

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees

Healthcare Plan: Platinum medical, dental, and vision

Free life insurance: Including long-term disability & short-term disability

Unlimited PTO: Uncapped vacation days & paid holidays

Family Leave: Maternity & paternity

401(k) Contribution: Assured contributes 3% of your income, even if you don’t contribute

WFH Benefits: Lunch on us 2x/week, monthly phone stipend & other home office perks

Health FSAs & HSAs: Pre-tax accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses

Team events & Offsites: We’re remote, but we regularly get together

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.