Backend Engineer building APIs and data pipelines for a legal tech startup. Requires 3+ years of experience in Node.js and TypeScript and strong PostgreSQL skills.
About the role
- Staff Database Engineer at Redfin leading database systems architecture and collaborating with teams on large-scale issues. Requires extensive experience in AWS and PostgreSQL management.
Responsibilities
- help lead the database strategy at Redfin, including architecture, management, and access patterns
- lead complex technical discussions with a variety of audiences, including software and systems engineers and business leaders
- support both large scale / high volume databases as well as more specialized AWS managed offerings
- consult with other teams on system design and capacity planning
- define & implement database architecture with a focus on reliability, throughput, scalability, and security
- use and evangelize approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
- 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
- work with the team to prioritize maintenance of Postgres instances including replication setup, parameter settings, and identification of appropriate instance types/sizes
- plan and participate in high availability and disaster recovery planning/drills
- use your systems knowledge to promote scaling and performance for every service at Redfin
- participate in an on-call rotation for about one week per month
Requirements
- 7+ years of cloud / AWS experience
- 7+ years managing a cloud database instances (i.e. RDS, Aurora, or on EC2)
- 5+ years of PostgreSQL (or similar) database engineering and administration
- experience analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
- experience monitoring infrastructure and database health
- deep knowledge of at least one AI code generation tool, such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
- experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure as code tools
- understanding and advocating for security best practices
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar, or equivalent work experience
- experienced mentor of other engineers with the ability to guide a team of engineers to identify and implement solutions to difficult problems
- experience in an Agile environment and production infrastructure on call
- understanding of continuous delivery and deployment
- experience with Linux administration and Linux scripting, including Python/Ruby script development
Benefits
- flexible vacation that supports the importance of time away from work 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
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