Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Database Focus

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Database Site Reliability Engineer (DB SRE) to oversee the stability, performance, and scaling limits of our high-volume transaction databases. The ideal candidate will build automated cluster management tools, orchestrate sub-millisecond query optimizations, manage multi-region replication layers, and design fault-tolerant configurations to ensure maximum database uptime and zero data loss.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain highly available database cluster topologies across public clouds, leveraging automated scaling, sharding mechanisms, and read-replica strategies
• Optimize sub-millisecond database query performance , conducting rigorous index evaluations, identifying locking contentions, and rewrites of inefficient SQL scripts
• Orchestrate automated backup and disaster recovery validation sweeps , configuring point-in-time recovery (PITR) parameters and multi-region failover tests
• Build automated telemetry dashboards and proactive alerts utilizing monitoring frameworks (e.g., Prometheus , Grafana , Datadog ) to track database health metrics (IOPS
• Write robust automation scripts using Python, Go, or Bash to manage recurring database maintenance routines, schema migration deployments, and resource adjustments

What you need

• AWS
• Terraform
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle Database
• SQL
• NoSQL

Good to have

• Kafka
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Datadog
• Python
• Bash