Gridware · 16 hours ago
Senior Database Reliability Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$190K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expGridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. They are seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to own and maintain relational databases, cloud infrastructure, and streaming platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, data integrity, and security.
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Responsibilities
Administer, monitor, and optimize relational databases (PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS) for performance, availability, and security
Troubleshoot complex database and infrastructure issues, including query performance, replication, schema evolution, and event streaming pipelines
Maintain and support Kafka infrastructure for company-wide streaming pipelines and integration with databases
Implement backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies for databases and streaming platforms
Collaborate with DevOps and Data Engineering teams to maintain CI/CD pipelines for schema, data, and infrastructure changes
Enforce database and infrastructure best practices, standards, and security policies
Proactively monitor health and performance of databases, streaming pipelines, and cloud infrastructure using Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent
Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) for database, Kafka, and cloud infrastructure provisioning and management
Support internal teams during incidents or urgent troubleshooting, balancing reliability with rapid deployment needs
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience managing production relational databases and cloud infrastructure
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS/Aurora, or similar
Experience managing Kafka infrastructure and supporting streaming pipelines
Familiarity with DevOps practices, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
Proficiency in monitoring and observability for databases, streaming, and cloud infrastructure
Strong troubleshooting skills for complex, multi-layered production systems
Knowledge of database and infrastructure security, access control, and compliance best practices
Ability to collaborate across engineering, DevOps, and Data teams
Preferred
Experience with analytical or NoSQL databases (Redshift, Snowflake, DynamoDB, MongoDB)
Containerized deployments and Kubernetes-based operators for databases or Kafka
Event-driven architecture experience and distributed system troubleshooting
Experience with Kafka Streams, consumer/producer tuning, and real-time pipelines
Infrastructure and database automation at scale
Benefits
Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
Paid parental leave
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Commuter allowance
Company-paid training
Company
Gridware
Gridware is a grid‑technology company dedicated to improving safety and reliability on the electrical transmission and distribution systems.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$97.2MKey Investors
Generation Investment Management,Tiger Global ManagementSequoia CapitalFifty Years,Lowercarbon Capital
2025-11-17Series B· $55M
2025-01-08Series A· $26.4M
2023-06-13Seed· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Timothy Barat
Co-Founder & CEO
Abdulrahman Bin Omar
Chief Product Officer & Co-founder
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