Database Reliability Engineer III
Database Reliability Engineer III
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$ 116000 - 145000
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About Us:
Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the worlds first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009 RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hymans leadership RTR has been named to CNBCs Disruptor 50 five times in ten years and has been placed on Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies list multiple times while Hyman herself has been named to the TIME 100 most influential people in the world and as one of People magazines Women Changing the World.
About the Job:
As a Database Reliability Engineer youll take ownership of the performance reliability and data governance of our cloud-managed database platforms primarily CloudSQL(MySQL) and MongoDB. A key part of the role is driving data lifecycle management including pruning archiving and retention policies to ensure our platform remains clean compliant and cost-efficient. Youll collaborate with engineering teams to optimize query performance advance automation efforts and evolve our database operations toward a modern cloud-native infrastructure-as-code model. As part of our broader data platform transformation youll have the opportunity to take on scoped work in support of the Data Engineering team contributing to the data platform rebuild through your expertise in database performance structure and governance. This is a hands-on cross-functional role that plays a critical part in maintaining a scalable governed and low-maintenance data foundation as the business grows.
What Youll Do:
- Manage and optimize CloudSQL and MongoDB environments for performance reliability and cost
- Implement data lifecycle and governance practices (e.g. pruning retention access control)
- Improve platform efficiency through query tuning schema design and automation
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows for database operations
- Support incident response root cause analysis and cross-functional platform initiatives
- Help evolve the DBA role into a modern proactive database engineering function
- Take on scoped technical delivery work as part of broader Data Engineering platform initiatives
About You:
- You have 6 years of experience working with relational databases (e.g. MySQL Postgres) in production including cloud-managed services like CloudSQL or RDS
- You have 2 years of hands-on experience with MongoDB including performance tuning and applying governance or lifecycle practices
- Youve worked in cloud-native environments (preferably GCP) and are comfortable using Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tools
- You are proficient in Python (or another general-purpose language) for scripting automation or infrastructure workflows
- You have experience implementing CI/CD workflows for database changes and are familiar with Git-based deployment
- Youve contributed to or enforced data governance policies such as retention pruning and access controls
- Youve made measurable improvements to platform performance cost or reliability including optimizing indexing strategies query patterns and database schema design
- You take ownership communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with engineers and data teams
- Youre pragmatic improvement-driven and excited to shape the future of database engineering in a cloud-first world
Bonus Points:
- Familiarity with Snowflake or BigQuery including query performance and cost optimization
- Experience working with workflow orchestration tools such as Prefect Airflow or similar
- Experience integrating SQL or dbt linters into CI/CD workflows to enforce code quality and platform standards
- Experience designing or maintaining data quality checks test automation or schema validation workflows
Benefits:
At Rent the Runway were committed to the wellbeing of our employees and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include but are not limited to:
- Paid Time Off including vacation paid bereavement and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug recharge and have some fun!
- Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts - to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).
- Comprehensive health vision dental FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and weve got you covered.
- 401k match - an investment in your future.
- Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
- Hybrid work - individual contributors on our tech team follow a sprint schedule and generally alternate fully remote weeks and working remotely two days per week in accordance with Company policies.
Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis including but not limited to: race color religion sex (including pregnancy lactation childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity age (40 and over) national origin or ancestry citizenship status physical or mental disability genetic information (including testing and characteristics) veteran status uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
The anticipated base salary for this position is $116000 to $145000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors including without limitation the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position years of relevant experience level of education attained certifications or other professional licenses held.
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