Database Engineer

Scale

San Francisco, CA, US
Base: $162,400 - $203,000 usd; equity: included ba...
On-site
5+ years database engineering experience
Distributed system architecture design
Self-hosting databases on public cloud
Scale is powering the generative AI wave by providing the data and infrastructure for companies to build large-scale foundation models

Job Summary

  • Scale is powering the generative AI wave by providing the data and infrastructure for companies to build large-scale foundation models.
  • The Database Engineer will build and mature database foundations while owning services that handle millions of frames of data daily with high availability.
  • Compensation includes base salary ranging from $162,400 to $203,000 USD plus equity, comprehensive health benefits, and a learning stipend.

Matching Summary

Scale is powering the generative AI wave by providing the data and infrastructure for companies to build large-scale foundation models.

Salary

Base: $162,400 - $203,000 USD; Equity: Included based on Board approval; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement, learning stipend, PTO

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years database engineering experience
  • Distributed system architecture design
  • Self-hosting databases on public cloud
  • MongoDB Postgres MySQL DynamoDB Redis
  • SQL query optimization and indexing
  • Backup restore functionality with RTO goals
  • Typescript Python Go Java C++ coding

Nice-to-have

  • Prior startup experience
  • AWS Datadog ElasticSearch experience
  • Cloud-based data warehouse solutions
  • Cost optimization strategies for databases
  • Intermediary data abstraction layer design
  • Mentoring team members or tech lead role
  • GPU/ML workload support experience

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years industry experience as database engineer post graduation
  • Engineering experience with real-time distributed system architecture
  • Experience designing self-hosted databases on public cloud platforms

Work Rights

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