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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

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Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.

Employer listed it 7 days ago · Added yesterday

First listed 7 days ago and still open.

Salary

Not stated

Location

Timezone

CET ±2

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Category

Software

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Remote flexibility

Region Restricted

Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Czechia.

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  • Source listing states candidate location: "Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Czechia, Remote"

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  • Timezone overlap with the listed area is often expected

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About the role

At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible. 🚀

About This Role

ClickUp is looking for a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join our Database Operations team. You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS. This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments.

Key Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL databases (250GB+) in production environments (AWS RDS, Aurora, EC2)

Ensure database availability, performance, and data integrity through proactive monitoring and maintenance

Perform routine database administration tasks including patching, upgrades, vacuuming, reindexing, and statistics management

Execute and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including regular testing of recovery plans

Handle user access management, roles, and database security to ensure compliance with best practices

Perform capacity planning, storage management, and growth forecasting

Troubleshoot database issues, including performance bottlenecks, locking/contention, and failed jobs

Support application teams with query tuning, schema changes, and release deployments

Manage database migrations, upgrades, and change requests with minimal downtime

Maintain documentation for database configurations, standards, and operational procedures

Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production incidents

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role

Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning

Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices

Experience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management

Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)

Experience with monitoring tools and performance diagnostics

Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, or similar)

Familiarity with cloud-based database deployments, preferably AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3)

Requirements

  • ·7+ years of experience in a senior database administrator or Database Engineering role
  • ·Strong hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience, including backups, recovery, and performance tuning
  • ·Solid understanding of database security, access control, and compliance practices
  • ·Experience managing large-scale production databases (250GB+), including maintenance and lifecycle management
  • ·Strong Linux administration skills (processes, disk, memory, networking)

Benefits

No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.

How to apply

  1. 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
  2. 2Tailor your CV to the role at ClickUp, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
  3. 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

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