Software Engineer (DevOps) - Database Reliability

Requirements

• Experience managing highly available PostgreSQL clusters on bare metal or cloud outside of managed services
• Operational experience with PostgreSQL lifecycle tasks, including version upgrades, backup and restore workflows, replication configuration, and DR strategy implementation
• A deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals, including query planning, indexing strategies, vacuuming, performance tuning, and partitioning
• Monitoring and observability experience with PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of database security, including TLS setup, roles, auditing, and encryption at rest/in transit
• To be comfortable troubleshooting live production issues, including performance degradation, lock contention, replication lag, or node failures
• Experience with cloud providers, such as GCP and AWS
• Experience with distributed systems, including scaling, fault-tolerance, load-balancing, networking, security, etc.

Nice to Have

• Experience using Consul for highly available database clusters
• Experience monitoring solutions, such as NewRelic, StackDriver, Prometheus, etc.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault
• Experience as a backend developer
• Familiarity with Java and Python database drivers
• Experience with continuous delivery using Kubernetes

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing self-service database tools used by over 1k engineers
• Building and optimizing automation for database provisioning, scaling, and maintenance
• Leading and supporting incident response for production database issues, ensuring reliability and fast recovery
• Delivering scalable, user-friendly platforms for provisioning and configuration management (IaC) across our product teams
• Monitoring and optimizing resource costs to ensure efficient use and minimize waste
• Implementing out-of-the-box observability solutions for proactive system monitoring
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards through automated processes and continuous checks

Perks and Benefits

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow every day. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.