[Hiring] Senior Database Reliability Engineer @YO AI Labs

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Database Reliability Engineer to architect, optimize, and maintain highly available PostgreSQL environments. You'll ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across large-scale, cloud-based database systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage highly available PostgreSQL architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora.
• Optimize queries, indexes, partitioning, and database performance.
• Manage backup, replication, recovery, and failover processes.
• Troubleshoot slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and database bottlenecks.
• Automate database maintenance and reliability workflows.
• Support data migrations, application scaling, and operational improvements.
• Maintain clear technical documentation.

Qualifications

• PostgreSQL
• AWS RDS & Aurora PostgreSQL
• High-Availability Architecture
• Large-Scale Databases
• Database Performance Optimization
• Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Replication & Failover

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
• Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic databases.
• Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments.
• Experience with data platforms, ETL, analytics workloads, and monitoring tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, and troubleshooting skills.