Senior Database Reliability Engineer - Remote

Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Role Type: Full-time
Location: Remote

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Database Reliability Engineer to architect, optimize, and maintain highly available PostgreSQL environments. You’ll ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across large-scale, cloud-based database systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available PostgreSQL architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora.

• Optimize queries, indexes, partitioning, and database performance.

• Manage backup, replication, recovery, and failover processes.

• Troubleshoot slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and database bottlenecks.

• Automate database maintenance and reliability workflows.

• Support data migrations, application scaling, and operational improvements.

• Maintain clear technical documentation.

Required Skills

• PostgreSQL

• AWS RDS & Aurora PostgreSQL

• High-Availability Architecture

• Large-Scale Databases

• Database Performance Optimization

• Backup & Disaster Recovery

• Replication & Failover

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.

• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.

• Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic databases.

• Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments.

• Experience with data platforms, ETL, analytics workloads, and monitoring tools.

• Strong analytical, communication, and troubleshooting skills.