Jobgether
Database Reliability Engineer
TLDR
Drive reliability and performance for a cloud-native, globally scaled database ecosystem, enabling fast product releases across regions.
Accountabilities:
- Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable database architectures supporting global, multi-region platforms
- Take ownership of production database operations including schema changes, data migrations, deployments, and incident resolution
- Improve performance, reliability, and scalability through tuning, capacity planning, and disaster recovery optimization
- Develop automation tools and internal platforms using Go and/or Python to reduce manual operations and improve system efficiency
- Monitor database health and define alerting strategies based on SLI/SLO frameworks to proactively detect and prevent incidents
- Collaborate closely with development teams to support query optimization, schema design, and troubleshooting
- Implement and maintain robust backup, recovery, replication, and security strategies across relational and NoSQL databases
- Conduct regular security audits and ensure compliance with database security best practices
- 4+ years of experience working with large-scale MySQL and MongoDB production environments
- Strong background in Database Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar infrastructure-focused roles
- Deep understanding of database internals, performance tuning, high availability, and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with automation and scripting using Golang and/or Python
- Familiarity with cloud database services such as AWS Aurora, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, and related tooling
- Experience implementing SLI/SLO/SLA-based reliability practices and monitoring strategies
- Strong knowledge of backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery methodologies
- Proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for system reliability and scalability
- Competitive salary with quarterly performance-based bonuses
- 28 days of paid annual leave
- Remote-first working model with flexible working hours (core hours 10am–3pm local time)
- High-quality equipment provided for work
- Referral bonuses and additional performance-based incentives
- Annual company retreats for collaboration and networking
- Opportunity to work on modern, cloud-native systems built with cutting-edge technologies
- Strong engineering culture focused on autonomy, ownership, and continuous improvement
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How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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Benefits
Home Office Stipend
High-quality equipment provided for work
engineering culture emphasis
Strong engineering culture focused on autonomy, ownership, and continuous improvement
Paid Time Off
28 days of paid annual leave
Remote-Friendly
Remote-first working model with flexible working hours (core hours 10am–3pm local time)
Jobgether runs the largest remote job platform, effectively linking job seekers with over 200,000 flexible and remote opportunities that match their unique skills and preferences. Our focus is on enhancing the hiring process, ensuring efficiency while prioritizing the candidate experience, particularly in the growing health and wellness sector.
- Founded
- Founded 2020
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Professional Services
Reliability Engineer