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: index creation on large/partitioned tables, query-plan analysis, schema reviews, data migrations
Partner with application teams on data-model decisions — design, partitioning, retention, consolidation vs. standalone clusters — and push back with data when a design won't scale