Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure at Jobgether – United States
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About This Position
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure in United States.
This role sits at the heart of a large-scale, globally distributed engineering environment responsible for the reliability and performance of mission-critical database systems. You will help design, build, and evolve the infrastructure that powers massive-scale data workloads, supporting hundreds of terabytes of data and tens of millions of queries per second. The position focuses on ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience of core database platforms while enabling self-service capabilities for engineering teams across the organization. You will serve as a technical expert in database systems, particularly MySQL, and play a key role in shaping operational tooling, observability, and automation. This is a highly collaborative role within a remote-first, globally distributed team that values asynchronous communication and strong engineering ownership. Your work will directly impact the performance, reliability, and evolution of one of the world’s most widely used software development platforms.
- Design, build, and scale core database infrastructure supporting high-volume, globally distributed systems.
- Act as a subject matter expert on MySQL and database administration, guiding best practices across engineering teams.
- Develop and maintain internal tooling and self-service systems to improve database operations and developer productivity.
- Ensure system reliability through monitoring, observability, and performance optimization using industry-standard tools.
- Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis to maintain system health and availability.
- Design and implement disaster recovery strategies, backup systems, and failover processes for critical databases.
- Write technical documentation and design proposals to support adoption of database tools and operational standards.
- Contribute to open-source initiatives and collaborate across distributed teams in a remote-first environment.
Requirements:
- 9+ years of software engineering experience, or equivalent combinations of education and professional experience in Computer Science or related fields.
- Strong programming experience in production systems using languages such as Go, Python, Java, C++, Ruby, or similar.
- 5+ years of experience building, deploying, and maintaining large-scale database systems, particularly MySQL or PostgreSQL in Linux environments.
- 3+ years of experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Sentry, Prometheus, or equivalent platforms.
- Deep understanding of database systems, including performance tuning, reliability engineering, and system design principles.
- Experience working with distributed systems, high availability architectures, and large-scale infrastructure environments.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in remote, asynchronous teams.
- Experience writing design documents and contributing to technical decision-making processes.
- Familiarity with database migrations, internals, and change management practices is highly valued.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation with a base salary range aligned to experience and location.
- Eligibility for annual bonuses, stock-based compensation, and additional performance rewards.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
- Remote-first work environment with flexibility across the United States.
- Generous learning and professional development opportunities.
- Equity participation and long-term incentive programs for eligible roles.
- Inclusive, diverse, and collaborative engineering culture.
- Strong focus on work-life balance and asynchronous collaboration.