Senior Database Reliability Engineer Remote
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
2 September 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
30 November 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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. Youll 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.