Senior Database Engineer
Senior Database Engineer
Posted 2 days ago
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
- U.S. Citizen (required).5+ years of professional software development experience with a strong emphasis on backend systems and database engineering.
- Expert-level Python experience building high-performance backend services, asynchronous applications, and distributed systems.
- Deep understanding of database systems, including architecture, internals, tradeoffs, and performance optimization.
- Strong experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including advanced tuning, indexing, partitioning, and query optimization.
- Production experience managing and optimizing large-scale NoSQL database clusters.
- Practical experience with AlloyDB.Strong understanding of:
- Concurrency control
- Transaction management
- Indexing strategies
- Data modeling
- Experience building systems that process high-volume distributed data with strict latency requirements.
- Experience working with Docker or other containerized environments.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture.
- Experience with C++, Go, or Rust is a strong plus.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Fully remote work environment
- Occasional company-paid travel for team collaboration (a few times per year)
Before you apply
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Your profile is current
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Two examples you can talk through
Not a portfolio — just two pieces of work where you can explain the decisions and what you'd change.
A number in mind
What you're on now and what would make you move. We negotiate better when we know both.
Your notice period
Employers plan around it, and it's the question that stalls offers most often.
Once you apply, someone reads it and calls you before anything reaches the employer — usually within two working days.
