Senior Database Reliability Engineer

About the role

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ABOUT THIS ROLE

ClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)

- Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance

- Perform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management

- Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans

- Handle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices

- Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting

- Troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs

- Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments

- Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime

- Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures

- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production incidents

QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role

- Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning

- Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices

- Experience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management

- Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)

- Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics

- Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)

- Familiarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)

- Strong organizational and documentation skills

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks