Senior Database Reliability Engineer

About the Role

Senior Database Reliability Engineer: **Job Type: **Full-time **Location: **Remote

Job Summary: Join our team as a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, where you'll play a central role in architecting, optimizing, and ensuring the stability of mission-critical PostgreSQL environments. You will leverage your deep technical expertise to drive database reliability, high availability, and performance at scale within a cutting-edge, cloud-native infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity for talented engineers who are passionate about building robust data systems and thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and manage highly available, resilient PostgreSQL database architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL. • Optimize database performance by analyzing query execution plans, tuning indices, and implementing advanced partitioning strategies. • Ensure disaster recovery readiness through robust backup, replication, and failover processes. • Diagnose and resolve slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and complex bottlenecks impacting large-scale databases. • Automate routine maintenance tasks and promote operational excellence across all database environments. • Collaborate cross-functionally to support new features, data migrations, and ongoing application scaling. • Maintain comprehensive documentation and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Skills and Qualifications: • 5+ years of experience managing and optimizing PostgreSQL databases in production settings. • Expert-level knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication. • Proven hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL, including backup, recovery, and high-availability design. • Strong analytical abilities in troubleshooting slow queries, execution plans, locks, and deadlocks. • Demonstrated experience maintaining large-scale, high-traffic databases with millions of rows. • Deep care for clear, proactive written and verbal communication. • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a remote team.

Requirements

• Experience supporting data platforms, analytics workloads, ETL processes, and operational databases. • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native service environments. • Exposure to supporting modern data architectures and advanced monitoring tools.

Compensation & Logistics

The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $120,000-$150,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.

Disclaimer

Base salary range: $220,000–$260,000/year (see Notes).