Staff Engineer: Database Architecture & Reliability (Remote)

Horizon3; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Equity

Flexible vacation

Health, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Job summary

Horizon3 is seeking a Staff Engineer to anchor database architecture and reliability across NodeZero platforms. You will own database design, ensure query performance and reliability, and lead migration engineering at scale.

You will mentor engineers, set coding and design standards across teams, and contribute to a remote-first culture with competitive pay, equity, and flexible vacation. Proficiency in PostgreSQL, graph and time-series databases, Kubernetes, Go, and Python is expected.

Qualifications

• Expert PostgreSQL and graph/time-series databases experience.
• Experience with zero-downtime migrations and production-scale operations.
• Remote-first culture; equity and flexible vacation offered.

Responsibilities

• Own database design, query performance, reliability, and migration engineering.
• Mentor engineers and set standards across teams.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Graph databases

Time-series databases

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Job description

Horizon3 is seeking a Staff Engineer to anchor database architecture and reliability across NodeZero platforms. You will own database design, ensure query performance and reliability, and lead migration engineering at scale.

You will mentor engineers, set coding and design standards across teams, and contribute to a remote-first culture with competitive pay, equity, and flexible vacation. Proficiency in PostgreSQL, graph and time-series databases, Kubernetes, Go, and Python is expected.