Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on operational PostgreSQL experience (DBA / database reliability role)
• Strong command of query plans, indexing strategy, and performance work on multi-TB tables
• Production experience with managed PostgreSQL (Aurora or RDS) and a clear-eyed view of its constraints
• Working proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices; comfortable in Linux
• Experience with connection pooling (PgBouncer or similar) in production
• Practical experience with logical replication, major-version upgrades, and low-downtime migration techniques
• Scripting ability (Bash, Python or GO) and an automation-first mindset
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred); strong incident-management and RCA skills

Nice to Haves

• Operational exposure to ClickHouse, OpenSearch, or Redis/Valkey, Neo4j
• Kubernetes fundamentals (our poolers, proxies, and exporters run on EKS)
• Experience with Vault, ArgoCD, or GitOps workflows
• Comfort using AI coding assistants to accelerate routine analysis and tooling

What You'll Be Doing

• Own day-to-day PostgreSQL operations across all production data centers
• Partner with application teams on data-model decisions
• Operate and tune Aurora PostgreSQL
• Run and evolve our PgBouncer connection-pooling layer
• Drive incident response and RCAs for database-related issues
• Maintain and improve database observability
• Take part in the team's duty rotation handling developer requests

Perks and Benefits

• Flexible, trust-oriented culture
• Innovation-driven environment
• Vibrant and dynamic work environment
• Multitude of benefits for work-life balance