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  • Review the database estate against business needs, evaluating reliability, scale, cost, and complexity to set technical direction.
  • Define target architecture and roadmap, executing with the team through design, implementation, and difficult migrations.
  • Investigate MariaDB failures, improve fleet reliability with observability, safer changes, and tested disaster recovery procedures.

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$75,600–$101,520/yr
Bulgaria 5w PTO

  • Own operational health of complex MariaDB environments and act as senior escalation for critical incidents.
  • Perform deep performance tuning, high availability design, and backup/recovery strategy validation.
  • Automate tasks, communicate directly with customers, and mentor less experienced team members.

MariaDB is the leading open-source database for modern application development, used by 75% of the Fortune 500. The company operates as a distributed global team with a culture of collaboration, flexibility, and innovation.

$255,000–$290,000/yr
US

  • Own complex database architecture decisions: schema design, partitioning, migrations, and scalability.
  • Set PostgreSQL standards at scale: query optimization, indexing, replication, and connection pooling.
  • Mentor engineers and partner cross-functionally to define data contracts and architectural guardrails.

Horizon3.ai is a remote cybersecurity company building NodeZero, an autonomous pentesting platform that helps organizations find and fix exploitable attack vectors. It's a fast-growing team of former special ops cyber operators and engineers, with a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

$229,500–$260,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Set technical direction for database architecture, schema design, and query performance across the platform.
  • Own reliability, migrations, and observability for data stores including PostgreSQL and graph databases.
  • Mentor engineers and serve as the database expert for cross-team design and code reviews.

Horizon3 is a cybersecurity company that provides autonomous pentesting and security assessment through its NodeZero platform. It is a remote-first team of former special operations and startup engineers, committed to a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

US

  • Evaluate current database architectures and suggest improvements to maintain performance and availability
  • Support engineering by responding to database outages, triaging, and remediating database-related issues
  • Manage database replication, evaluate schemas, and implement changes to increase database performance using AWS/GCP and Terraform

North America's leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences, including online gaming and sports betting. With North America-wide locations, it offers a fun, relaxed work environment and career growth.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Deploy and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Google Cloud using Terraform and GitOps.
  • Own production reliability for U.S. government cloud environments, including monitoring, incident response, and capacity.
  • Implement security hardening and compliance requirements, and relentlessly automate repetitive tasks.

MariaDB is a leading open-source database company whose platform powers applications used by billions of people and 75% of the Fortune 500. With a global, collaborative team, MariaDB fosters innovation and empowerment, delivering cloud database solutions for modern development.

Global

  • Own reliability of caching and database fleets (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis).
  • Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and drive automation.
  • Partner with product teams on performance, scaling, and disaster recovery.

Zapier is a fully remote company that builds an automation platform to connect apps and streamline workflows. We value efficiency, creativity, and human-centered work, and are dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce.

$118,486–$142,183/yr
Europe 6w PTO

  • Build reliability into the product by writing production code in our services and the Mimir, Loki, and Tempo codebases.
  • Lead technical design, own the SLO framework, and improve observability and alerting.
  • Be on call for highest-SLA customers, lead incident response, and mentor engineers to multiply impact.

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors and driven by an open-source, collaborative culture.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design and build core platform components for correctness under failure and regulatory auditability.
  • Scale the platform to handle growing transaction volume while maintaining low latency and database health.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn compliance needs into production-grade software.

Notabene integrates crypto into the everyday economy by providing tools that reduce transaction risk and make crypto transfers safe. We work across three continents in eight countries, serving over 100 customers including financial institutions and exchanges, and are backed by investors like Y Combinator and Jump Capital.

$5,000–$5,625/mo
Europe

  • Administer and maintain production PostgreSQL clusters with streaming replication and high-availability.
  • Manage distributed MongoDB environments including sharded clusters and replica sets.
  • Automate database maintenance, monitoring, and deployments using Ansible, Python, and Bash.

XTB is a global FinTech company specializing in online trading of financial instruments. It is the largest FinTech in Poland and a leader in Central and Eastern Europe, with a strong focus on employee development and a certified Great Place to Work culture.

Global

  • Continuously improve the reliability and performance of ClickHouse core through metrics, alerting, and root cause analysis.
  • Drive incident response, blameless post-mortems, and chaos initiatives across engineering teams.
  • Manage on-call processes and collaborate with teams to optimize ClickHouse cloud deployments.

ClickHouse develops an open-source column-oriented database management system used for real-time analytics. The company is a globally distributed, rapidly scaling startup with employees in over 25 countries and a culture emphasizing flexibility and connection.

$139,700–$216,500/yr
North America

  • Build and improve snc-provision, our framework for deploying and operating RaptorDB and MariaDB databases in production.
  • Own well-scoped features from design to test automation and delivery with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Automate operational tasks across the database fleet and investigate production issues using system data.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, bringing together any AI, data, and workflow to help 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together.

Europe 4w PTO

  • Ensure reliability and high availability of production databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, ClickHouse, and Redis.
  • Automate database operations, perform disaster recovery tests, and manage backup and replication.
  • Tune performance, plan capacity, and support schema changes for engineering teams.

JustMarkets is a fintech company offering trading platforms and market-data solutions. The company provides a flexible remote work environment and supports professional growth through education budgets.

Europe

  • Lead architecture direction across shared services for an internationalisation programme.
  • Ensure the flagship app and shared services run in isolated regions with data residency.
  • Own the seams between services across and within regions, including Cassandra, Postgres, and Kafka.

CreateFuture is a technology consultancy that helps businesses deliver digital products and platforms. They foster a supportive, friendly culture, offering flexible working and investment in personal growth.

Global

  • Act as the technical owner for assigned accounts, guiding customers through onboarding and early success.
  • Proactively identify risks and optimization opportunities across customer environments.
  • Coordinate with internal teams on escalations and drive root cause analysis.

Supabase is the Postgres development platform built by developers for developers, offering a complete backend solution. With ~400 employees across 60+ countries, the company is globally distributed, remote-first, and open-source.

US

  • Design, configure, and optimize enterprise-scale MongoDB solutions in a fully remote environment.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and technical teams to solve complex database challenges.
  • Support testing strategies, defect resolution, and adoption of new software capabilities.

US Security & IT specializes in enterprise-scale MongoDB database platform engineering, supporting critical business applications across multiple business units. The company operates with a remote-first, collaborative culture, enabling cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges.

$255,000–$295,000/yr
Global

  • Set long-term technical direction for enterprise platform capabilities including licensing, entitlements, account administration, and MSP workflows.
  • Guide architecture for multi-tenant services, account models, permissions, and asset allocation across customer and partner accounts.
  • Mentor senior engineers, drive cross-team technical initiatives, and ensure production reliability through observability and safe rollout practices.

Horizon3 is a cybersecurity company that develops NodeZero, an autonomous pentesting platform for finding and verifying exploitable attack vectors. They are a fast-growing, fully remote team of former special operations cyber operators and engineers, focused on a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

Canada 5w PTO

  • Lead multi-month engineering initiatives for a distributed tracing platform, from technical design to production operations.
  • Own and improve backend components across data ingestion, storage, query processing, and metrics generation.
  • Mentor engineers, contribute to open source, and build scalable APIs for observability and AI-powered workflows.

Grafana Labs builds open-source observability tools, including the Tempo distributed tracing platform. This remote-first, globally distributed team values autonomy, transparency, and open-source collaboration.

Brazil

  • Administer and optimize Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB databases with a focus on performance and security.
  • Lead modernization initiatives, including backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure reliability and scalability of mission-critical financial systems.

The organization is a partner company seeking a Senior DBA for critical database administration. The culture emphasizes remote work, technical ownership, and proactive improvement.

Global

  • Design, build, and administer highly available MySQL databases in a global cloud operations organization.
  • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot MySQL replication and clustering, and automate tasks with Python, Shell, or Bash.
  • Support production databases across global data centers with performance tuning, backup/recovery, and proactive monitoring.

Miratech is a global IT services and consulting company helping visionaries change the world through digital transformation for large enterprises. It retains nearly 1000 professionals across 25+ countries, with a culture of Relentless Performance and over 25% annual growth.