Software Engineer (Database Observability)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Database Observability): Building customer-facing database observability products for Vitess, MySQL, and PostgreSQL with an accent on data collection pipelines and performance metrics. Focus on developing query analysis tools, anomaly detection, and intuitive visualization dashboards to enhance database health visibility.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (no matter the location)

Salary: $120,000 - $290,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a database platform providing Postgres and Vitess clusters to enable horizontal scaling of MySQL for high-growth companies.

What you will do

• Instrument Vitess, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to emit critical performance data.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust data collection pipelines.
• Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations that surface actionable database insights.
• Develop APIs and integrations to expose insights data to customers.
• Build tools for query analysis, performance profiling, and anomaly detection.
• Own features end-to-end from initial design through production deployment and monitoring.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building observability, monitoring, or telemetry products (APM, logs, metrics, traces).
• Proficiency with distributed systems, data pipelines, and time-series data aggregation.
• Backend development experience in Go, Rust, Ruby, Python, or similar languages.
• Ability to work effectively in a self-directed environment.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of ClickHouse, Prometheus, or other time-series databases.
• Familiarity with streaming data systems such as Kafka.
• Background in database internals or query optimization.
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Vitess.

Culture & Benefits

• Philosophy centered around building small teams of high-performing individuals.
• Inclusive environment supporting employees to thrive regardless of their physical location.
• Opportunity to work on a profitable platform used by world-class brands in gaming and B2B SaaS.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all backgrounds and identities.