Database Engineer

spacedefense.ai

San Francisco, CA, US
Base: $162,400 - $203,000 usd; equity: included su...
On-site
5+ years database engineering experience
Distributed system architecture design
Self-hosting databases on public cloud
The role involves building and maturing database foundations to support millions of frames of data daily with high availability

Job Summary

  • The role involves building and maturing database foundations to support millions of frames of data daily with high availability.
  • Candidates will collaborate with software developers, machine learning scientists, and security teams to define long-term health goals for database systems.
  • Scale offers competitive compensation including base salary, equity, comprehensive health benefits, and a learning and development stipend.

Matching Summary

The role involves building and maturing database foundations to support millions of frames of data daily with high availability.

Salary

Base: $162,400 - $203,000 USD; Equity: Included subject to Board approval; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement, PTO, and commuter stipend

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 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
  • Intermediary data abstraction layers
  • Mentoring team members or tech lead
  • 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

Not specified

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