Senior Software Engineer, Database Systems

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop Everlaw's database and storage strategy, defining interfaces with coding architecture, caching layers, and analytics data store.
• Develop and implement sharding and replication systems, including logical partitioning, multi-region replication, failover mechanisms, and tooling for monitoring replication lag and data consistency.
• Engineer database performance through code-level optimizations, memory management, disk I/O, query execution plans, schema/index changes, and performance tuning.
• Build migration tooling and strategies for SQL environments to ensure low-downtime operations and high availability.
• Build observability systems for deep visibility into database health and bottleneck identification.
• Stay current with industry trends, evaluate emerging technologies, and apply learnings to the existing stack.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in database engineering.
• Deep understanding of storage engines and locking mechanisms of at least one major RDBMS (Postgres or MySQL preferred).
• Experience with distributed systems and managing databases in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Authorized to work in the United States without restrictions.

Nice-to-Haves

• Practical experience with vector search databases (Weaviate, Chroma, or pgvector) for embeddings and RAG.

Compensation & Benefits

• Expected salary range: $173,000 - $251,000 (dependent on experience and skills).
• Equity program.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• Health, dental, vision insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid parental leave, 10 days sick leave, 17 vacation days, 11 federal holidays.
• Modern Health membership.
• Annual Learning & Development stipend.
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance.