Staff Platform Database Engineer
Core
Define company-wide database strategy, standards, and operations including replication, high availability, disaster recovery, and global distributed operations.
Role type
Staff Platform Database Engineer
Builds
Production-grade database tooling, governance models, automation, and guardrails
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, data sovereignty
Required skills
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Go, Linux, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud), database replication, high availability, disaster recovery, capacity planning, distributed databases
Preferred skills
Database internals, Terraform, Kubernetes, stateful systems, automated policy enforcement, AI/automation in operations
Technologies
AWS, Google Cloud, Go, Terraform, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Responsibilities
Design and implement replication, high availability, backups, disaster recovery, migrations, and capacity planning; Write production code for database deployment and reliability; Lead company-wide database infrastructure initiatives and establish engineering standards; Partner with Dev Platform, SRE, and engineering teams to drive architecture adoption
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence