TL;DR

Principal Database Engineer (PostgreSQL/MySQL): Designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale distributed database environments with an accent on RDS account migrations, performance optimization, and automation. Focus on architecting high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, diagnosing complex performance issues, and driving improvements in infrastructure as code.

Location: Must be a U.S. Citizen on U.S. Soil. Based in San Francisco, Seattle, Palo Alto, or Bellevue.

Company

MuleSoft, a %hirify_global% company, is seeking a Principal Database Engineer to join its Infrastructure Engineering Data team.

What you will do

Design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed database environments.
Lead infrastructure initiatives including RDS account migrations and major version upgrades.
Identify and diagnose complex performance issues through proactive monitoring and query analysis.
Develop automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
Architect high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
Mentor junior engineers, lead technical design reviews, and participate in on-call rotation.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL in production environments.
Deep knowledge of database internals, query optimization, replication, and high availability strategies.
Extensive experience with AWS RDS including Multi-AZ deployments and read replicas.
Strong proficiency with Terraform and automation scripting (Python, Bash).
Strong Linux fundamentals and experience with monitoring and alerting systems.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with leadership experience mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives.
Must be a U.S. Citizen on U.S. Soil.

Nice to have

Experience with database proxy architectures for minimal-downtime operations.
Background in Site Reliability Engineering practices.
Knowledge of FedRAMP compliance requirements.
Experience with large-scale database migrations and additional technologies such as Redis and InfluxDB.