Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

TL;DR

Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) (PostgreSQL): Design, operationalize, and optimize large-scale data persistence layers powering mission-critical systems with an accent on high availability, performance, and automation. Focus on implementing resilient PostgreSQL clusters, query optimization, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration.

Location: Hybrid in Chicago, IL; New York, NY; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Colorado; Washington. Requires U.S. Person status (U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee) and in-person onboarding/travel to SF HQ or Chicago office first week.

Salary: $136,000—$228,000 USD (varies by location, plus equity, bonus, benefits)

Company

hirify.global builds trusted infrastructure to secure identities from AI to human for organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and operate highly available PostgreSQL clusters with replication, sharding, failover, and multi-AZ/multi-region setups.
• Optimize query performance, indexing, schema design, capacity planning, and storage engines.
• Develop automation for provisioning, backups, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing using Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes Operators.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and permanent fixes for database issues.
• Collaborate with engineers on SQL reviews, schema optimization, migrations, and best practices.

Requirements

• 4+ years hands-on PostgreSQL in high-volume production environments.
• Deep PostgreSQL internals (WAL, MVCC, vacuum tuning, query planner, indexing, replication).
• Production MySQL experience (InnoDB, replication, tuning).
• Advanced SQL, schema design, query optimization.
• Linux, networking, troubleshooting; automation with Go/Python; monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.); cloud (AWS/GCP).

Nice to have

• PgBouncer, HAProxy, connection pooling.
• Event streaming (Kafka, Debezium), change data capture.
• 24/7 on-call experience.
• Open-source PostgreSQL contributions.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), FSA, PTO, parental leave.
• In-person onboarding for connection and impact.
• Global community across 20+ offices, focus on innovation and social impact.
• Talent development, community fostering.