Hybrid Cloud Database Engineer II

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Cloud Database Engineer II at Redfin focusing on cloud database technologies and system performance. Collaborating with teams to enhance database efficiency and reliability in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support database architecture projects with a focus on reliability, throughput, scalability, and security
  • Build observability to proactively detect and prevent performance issues
  • Perform DBA duties in non-production and production environments, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration
  • Use infrastructure as code and configuration management tools to ensure consistency
  • Use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
  • Maintain configuration of PostgreSQL instances including replication setup, parameter settings, and identification of appropriate instance types/sizes
  • Participate in high availability and disaster recovery planning/drills
  • Use systems knowledge to help scaling and performance for every service at Redfin
  • Participate in an on-call rotation about one week per month

Requirements

  • 3+ years experience in cloud / AWS environments
  • 3+ years managing a cloud database instances (i.e. RDS, Aurora, or on EC2)
  • 3+ years of PostgreSQL (or similar) database engineering and administration
  • Shell scripting and Python script development
  • Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure as code tools
  • Experience in an Agile environment and production infrastructure on call
  • Experience using AI code generation tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
  • Experience with Linux administration and Linux scripting

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation that supports time away for rest and relaxation
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Sick leave (accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health savings account
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • 401(k) employer match

Job title

Cloud Database Engineer II

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$113,900 - $154,100 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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