Database Reliability Engineer
$175k/y-$275k/y
WorkOSa day ago
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Summary
WorkOS is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to join their Infrastructure team in San Francisco, CA. The role involves managing the full lifecycle of database management, ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of PostgreSQL infrastructure.
About the Role
As a Database Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for owning the reliability, performance, and scalability of WorkOS's PostgreSQL infrastructure. Your tasks will include analyzing and implementing best practices for database clusters, building observability for database metrics, providing database expertise to product engineering teams, developing automation and self-service tooling, participating in on-call rotations, and managing database capacity.
About You
Required:
- 5+ years of experience running PostgreSQL in production at scale.
- Solid software engineering skills with experience in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages.
- Strong SQL skills and the ability to review and optimize complex queries.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools like Terraform or Ansible.
- Comfort with on-call responsibilities and effective incident response.
Preferred:
- Experience with other data stores beyond PostgreSQL (Redis, DynamoDB, etc.).
- Familiarity with Ruby on Rails or Django.
- Experience with database migration tooling and zero-downtime migration strategies.
- Contributions to open-source database tooling or the PostgreSQL ecosystem.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Substantial equity grants
- Healthcare insurance (Medical, Dental, and Vision) for you and your family
- 401k matching
- Wellness and fitness monthly allowances
- PTO + paid holidays + unlimited sick leave
- Autonomy and flexibility with remote work
WorkOS
WorkOS is an API platform that simplifies implementing crucial enterprise features like User Management, Single Sign-On (SSO), Directory Sync (SCIM), Audit Logs, and more. With WorkOS, SaaS products can become enterprise-ready in minutes, instead of months, instantly unlocking multi-million dollar enterprise deals. With a unified platform, modern APIs, and developer-first design, WorkOS is an intuitive solution for adding enterprise-grade functionality to your app. Go up-market and multi-product faster by enabling your engineers to focus on building core product differentiation instead of table stakes, enterprise features.
San Francisco, CA