Drata · 1 week ago
Staff Database Reliability Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$221K/yr - $273K/yr
15+ years expDrata is a company focused on building trust through their software solutions. As a Staff Database Reliability Engineer, you will be the technical authority for Drata's database architecture, leading strategic initiatives and ensuring high performance and scalability of their data infrastructure.
ComplianceInformation TechnologySaaSSecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Lead Strategic Initiatives: Drive the long-term strategy for scaling, resiliency, and performance of our AWS Aurora clusters and replication environments. You'll be the primary architect for our evolving data stack
Serve as a Technical Expert & Evangelist: Act as the lead consultant for engineering teams, providing deep technical guidance on data modeling, query optimization, and architectural patterns. You will proactively evangelize best practices for schema design, efficient SQL queries, and index usage across the entire organization, helping to raise the bar for database knowledge company-wide
Deep Dive into Performance: Proactively identify and resolve complex performance bottlenecks. You'll use advanced observability tools to analyze and tune difficult queries, data migrations and pinpointing issues before they impact our users
Evangelize Architectural Vision: Lead the evaluation, prototyping, and eventual adoption of new database technologies and architectural approaches to meet our growing business needs
Own Observability: Take full ownership of our database observability, defining and implementing key metrics and dashboards to ensure we have a comprehensive, real-time view of database health and performance
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience with large scale MySQL systems, with a strong emphasis on performance tuning and a deep understanding of its internal architecture
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS Aurora administration and proven expertise in complex performance tuning, backup, and recovery strategies
Demonstrated experience guiding and influencing multiple engineering teams on database best practices and architectural decisions
Exceptional expertise in writing, analyzing, and optimizing complex SQL queries and a deep knowledge of relational database design concepts
Proven experience working with Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks
Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to dive deep into a problem and emerge with a clear solution
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to a diverse audience
You are a collaborator and a natural leader
Preferred
Experience with AWS Elasticache (Redis)
Experience with AWS DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases
Experience with TypeScript and TypeORM
Benefits
Shared Success: We provide stock equity to ensure that as the company grows, you share directly in that success.
Health & Wellness: Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, along with comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services designed to support your needs beyond traditional insurance.
Financial Well-being: A comprehensive suite of financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, tax-advantaged spending accounts, and a range of discounted voluntary offerings to help you customize and strengthen your overall financial position.
Family Support: Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave (after six months of employment), along with a robust suite of family-support resources.
Growth & Development: Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development, empowering you to invest in your continued growth.
Time Off & Flexibility: We believe that to do your best work, you should get the time you need for rest, rejuvenation and recovery.
Company
Drata
Drata is a Trust Management Platform that automates compliance workflows, streamlines risk management, and continuous security assurance
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$328.24MKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthNotable CapitalCowboy Ventures
2022-12-07Series C· $200M
2021-11-08Series B· $100M
2021-06-23Series A· $25M
Leadership Team
Daniel Marashlian
Co-Founder & CTO
Troy Markowitz
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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