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Staff Database Engineer

192k – 260kMountain View, CANew York, NYSan Francisco, CAHybrid5+ YOE
Summary

Staff Database Engineer builds and operates Lakebase (managed Postgres for lakehouse), advises on feature designs, develops operational tools for troubleshooting/security/observability, and optimizes application/database performance. Requires 5+ years Postgres experience with OLTP systems.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Advise software engineering teams on functional and non-functional feature designs
  • Work with product teams to validate designs satisfy customer requirements
  • Design operational tools to simplify troubleshooting
  • Build enterprise extensions for Lakebase to meet customer security and observability requirements
  • Assist field engineers with complex POCs
  • Advise customers and field engineers on best practices for application and database design to maximize performance

Requirements

  • Passion for database systems and application performance tuning
  • Experience building and operating high-volume OLTP systems including root cause analysis for incidents
  • Experience building tools to automate database management, monitoring, and operations
  • Experience with query tuning in Postgres (schema design, indexes, hints, vacuum, etc)
  • Motivated by delivering customer value and impact
  • 5+ years of experience working with Postgres and other database systems
Skills
PostgreSQLOLTPQuery TuningDatabase Schema DesignIndexesVacuumMonitoring ToolsPerformance TuningRoot Cause AnalysisAutomation Tools
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