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Weight Watchers ยท 1 month ago

Staff Cloud Database Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff
money$175K/yr - $195K/yr
date8+ years exp

WeightWatchers is a global digital health company focused on redefining weight health and wellness through technology. They are seeking a Staff Cloud Database Engineer to design, develop, and manage enterprise-level database systems, ensuring secure and reliable access to personalized experiences for millions of members.

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Responsibilities

Lead lifecycle management: schema design, migrations, replication, partitioning, upgrades, and DR planning
Architect, administer, and optimize high-availability PostgreSQL clusters supporting both OLTP and OLAP workloads
Automate processes to improve availability and scalability in production environments
Collaborate cross-functionally with application, SRE, and data engineering teams to align platform strategy
Support large-scale database instances across production, non-production, and development environments
Participate in rotational on-call and maintenance support for database infrastructure
Perform regular upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation
Support database scalability and future growth initiatives
Define and enforce best practices around query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
Partner with InfoSec and Compliance teams to ensure security, privacy, and HIPAA/SOC2/GDPR alignment

Qualification

PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBCloud platformsDatabase architectureLinux/UnixInfrastructure automationCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunication

Required

Extensive hands-on experience (8+ years) managing mission-critical production workloads, with deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB
Experience participating in or collaborating with distributed on-call teams supporting mission-critical systems (internal or external)
Expertise in database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR
Strong experience with Linux/Unix environments
Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud platforms
Proven ability to manage highly available clustered database services across multiple Linux flavors
Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible)
Lead lifecycle management: schema design, migrations, replication, partitioning, upgrades, and DR planning
Architect, administer, and optimize high-availability PostgreSQL clusters supporting both OLTP and OLAP workloads
Automate processes to improve availability and scalability in production environments
Collaborate cross-functionally with application, SRE, and data engineering teams to align platform strategy
Support large-scale database instances across production, non-production, and development environments
Participate in rotational on-call and maintenance support for database infrastructure
Perform regular upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation
Support database scalability and future growth initiatives
Define and enforce best practices around query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
Partner with InfoSec and Compliance teams to ensure security, privacy, and HIPAA/SOC2/GDPR alignment

Preferred

Knowledge of streaming technologies (Kafka)
Exposure to modern DevOps tooling and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package
Annual bonus program

Company

Weight Watchers

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Weight Watchers is the global leader in science-backed weight management, offering an integrated support system built for the GLP-1 era that combines scientific expertise, medication, cutting-edge technology, and human connection.
dateFounded in 1960
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://corporate.ww.com/home/default.aspx

H1B Sponsorship

Weight Watchers has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (27)
2022 (27)
2021 (16)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2001-11-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Felicia DellaFortuna
Chief Financial Officer
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