2 months ago
Base Salary
$230k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed storage systems, including sharding strategies, query routing layers, and database proxy services
- Improve availability, failover, and disaster recovery across multi-region deployments
- Build and enhance control plane automation managing thousands of databases and caching clusters
- Optimize database performance and throughput through query analysis, connection pooling, and observability standards
- Partner with product and infrastructure teams to standardize service connections to Postgres, NoSQL, and caching systems while meeting regulatory and security requirements
Requirements
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, with Aurora PostgreSQL preferred, and strong understanding of relational database internals
- Experience building or operating distributed systems involving horizontal sharding, replication, and distributed transactions such as two-phase commit
- Proficiency in Go and/or Rust with experience building backend or infrastructure services
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS managed services including RDS and DynamoDB, and observability tooling
- Strong understanding of system reliability, performance tuning, and cost optimization in high-scale production environments
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement based in Bellevue, WA, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
- Bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
- 100% paid employee health insurance and 90% dependent coverage
- Flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and other benefits
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
- Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave
- Catered meals, office events, and comfortable workspaces
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