Redfin · 1 month ago
Staff Database Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $244K/yr
7+ years expRedfin is revolutionizing the real estate industry by using data and innovative design to enhance the home-buying and selling process. The Staff Database Engineer will lead the technical architecture of Redfin’s Database systems, collaborating with various teams to ensure system reliability and efficiency.
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Responsibilities
You will help lead the database strategy at Redfin, including architecture, management, and access patterns
You will lead complex technical discussions with a variety of audiences, including software and systems engineers and business leaders
You will support both large scale / high volume databases as well as more specialized AWS managed offerings
You will consult with other teams on system design and capacity planning
You will define & implement database architecture with a focus on reliability, throughput, scalability, and security
You will use and evangelize approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
You will build observability to proactively detect and prevent performance issues
You will perform DBA duties in non-production and production environments, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration
You will work with the team to prioritize maintenance of Postgres instances including replication setup, parameter settings, and identification of appropriate instance types/sizes
You will plan and participate in high availability and disaster recovery planning/drills
You will use your systems knowledge to promote scaling and performance for every service at Redfin
You will participate in an on-call rotation for about one week per month
Qualification
Required
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
Understand and advocate 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
Preferred
AWS Certified Database - Specialty, or other Database-specific certifications
Software or Systems Development experience
Expertise in RDS (Postgres) databases and Non-Relational databases such as (DynamoDB, Redis, Snowflake)
Understanding of operating systems, storage and networking
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
Company
Redfin
Redfin is a technology-driven residential real estate brokerage with the country’s most-visited real estate brokerage website. It is a sub-organization of Rocket Companies.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$569.62MKey Investors
ApolloDurable Capital PartnersTiger Global Management
2025-03-10Acquired
2023-10-24Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2020-03-30Post Ipo Equity· $110M
Leadership Team
Glenn Kelman
President & CEO
Chris Nielsen
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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