Database Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Ro, a leading direct-to-patient healthcare company, as a Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE). This role focuses on ensuring the performance, scalability, and reliability of our database systems. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance database reliability through best practices and innovative solutions. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available database systems, developing and applying SRE principles, and optimizing database performance. The ideal candidate possesses strong experience with Postgres, scripting skills, and expertise in AWS cloud services. Ro offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Postgres
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Go, or Bash
• Proficiency in performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies
• Hands-on experience with IaC (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
• Solid understanding of AWS cloud services, with specific expertise in and experience with RDS
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Splunk)
• Understanding of high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery strategies
• Experience implementing database backup, restore, and replication strategies
• Knowledge of CI/CD workflows and database change management
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, privacy- and security-focused environment

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient database systems
• Develop and apply SRE principles to database operations, including monitoring, observability, incident response, and automation
• Optimize database performance and query tuning to improve efficiency and reduce latency
• Automate database provisioning, backups, and schema changes using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools
• Ensure effective database replication, clustering, failover mechanisms, and disaster recovery strategies
• Establish and enforce database security best practices, including access control and encryption
• Collaborate with software engineers to design database schemas and indexing strategies that align with application needs
• Drive database infrastructure improvements using CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies
• Participate and manage on-call rotations and provide expert guidance during incidents and post-mortems
• Stay current with emerging database technologies, best practices, and industry trends

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
• Commuter benefits
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Fitness reimbursement
• Paid maternity/parental leave
• A never-ending supply of office snacks + coffee + tea
• The target base salary for this position ranges from $202,000 to $243,000, in addition to a competitive equity and benefits package (as applicable)
• Ro recognizes the power of in-person collaboration, while supporting the flexibility to work anywhere in the United States