Staff Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Huntress is growing our SRE Engineering team and is looking for an experienced engineer who is passionate about stability, resilience, and scalability. You'll be joining a high-performing team responsible for proactively building, monitoring, and implementing the databases that are a core part of the Huntress Security Platform and supporting our millions of installed endpoint agents.

Responsibilities

Continuously review and fine-tune critical PostgreSQL configuration parameters (e.g., shared_buffers, work_mem, autovacuum settings) to maximize resource utilization and match the current workload profile; Forecast future resource needs based on application growth and agent usage trends, and propose scaling solutions; Design, implement, and manage comprehensive monitoring dashboards and alerting systems to track key performance indicators (KPIs) like latency, throughput, connection count, and cache hit ratio; Design, implement, and maintain optimal indexing strategies to support application requirements, and systematically identify and remove redundant or underutilized indexes that degrade write performance; Implement and manage advanced scaling techniques such as database partitioning for large tables and, where necessary, coordinate efforts for database sharding; Partner with SRE team to optimize PostgreSQL deployments in AWS/Azure, ensuring efficient use of cloud-specific storage and networking; Provide technical guidance to application teams on their query/schema/index designs

Requirements

5+ years experience with scaling, configuration, maintenance and management of PostgreSQL clusters in production environments; Expertise in designing, implementing, and supporting replication (e.g., streaming replication, logical replication), failover mechanisms, and robust backup/recovery strategies; Deep understanding of PostgreSQL's core architecture, including the WAL, transaction management, locking mechanisms, and the role of background processes like autovacuum; Extensive hands-on experience managing and maintaining large-scale (Terabyte-level or high-transaction volume) PostgreSQL databases in a live, 24/7 production environment; Experience with observability tools like DataDog, NewRelic, etc. (any tooling is fine); Deep experience of tuning critical performance parameters

Nice to have

Understanding of NoSQL data models (e.g., document schemas for MongoDB, key-value structures for Redis, or column families for Cassandra) to optimize for specific access patterns; Understanding of when to use an RDB and when not to; Experience with IaC (infrastructure as code)

Benefits

100% remote work environment; Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans; 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution; Life and Disability insurance plans; Stock options for all full-time employees; One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office; Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance; $75 USD/month digital reimbursement; Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth