Staff Database Reliability Engineer, DBRE at Assured — Remote

We’re looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Database) to help shape and scale the backbone of our growing platform. You’ll lead the design, automation, and optimization of our database infrastructure, ensuring it’s reliable, secure, and built for scale. If you thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy solving complex performance challenges, we’d love to talk.

What You’ll Do

🌎 Scale and optimize our database infrastructure for performance and reliability, starting with PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora.

👩💻 Design and implement robust monitoring, tuning, and scaling strategies to support our expanding SaaS platform.

🛠️ Build automation and tooling to streamline database management, focusing on consistency and repeatability.

👷 Drive optimization initiatives that enhance overall system health and uptime.

🤝 Evolve into broader SRE responsibilities beyond the database layer, shaping our infrastructure and reliability culture as we grow.

What You Bring

🦸♀️ 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Database Administration roles.

🛠 Deep expertise in PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora, with hands-on experience managing production workloads at scale.

🤖 Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js, and comfort working close to application code.

⛓️ A strong background in highly available, scalable database design and operations.

🔓 Proven ability to optimize database performance, resolve complex issues, and enforce best practices.

🧑🔬 A solid engineering foundation and a passion for building reliable systems.

Bonus Points

✨ Experience with Terraform or Terragrunt for infrastructure as code.

🔄 Familiarity with Prisma or other ORM frameworks.

🐳 Experience working with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.

📊 Exposure to Redshift or other data warehouse technologies.

Benefits

👶 Family Leave: Maternity & paternity