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US Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Set direction and long-range plans for the database platform, owning capacity and availability for GitLab.com.
  • Lead and coach three Engineering Managers and develop Staff-plus engineers into leaders.
  • Drive cross-division technical decisions with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and FinOps.

PostgreSQL Site Reliability Engineering Engineering Management Data Strategy

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North America Unlimited PTO

  • Lead the Data & Storage Reliability Engineering org to improve reliability, scalability, and customer experience.
  • Build and scale teams focused on observability, performance, diagnostics, automation, and prevention.
  • Partner with product, database, and operations teams to drive systemic improvements and reduce customer impact.

ServiceNow is an AI platform company that helps businesses reinvent workflows by combining AI, data, and automation. It serves 85% of the Fortune 500 and fosters an AI-native culture focused on innovation and talent.

US

  • Lead data platform org: database engineering, data capture, curation, production experience, and governance.
  • Define strategy and roadmap for data infrastructure, modernizing architecture and reducing technical debt.
  • Build scalable platforms and tooling for independent, reliable data pipelines.

Our partner is a data-driven organization focused on building reliable data infrastructure and enabling engineering teams to operate independently. They foster a remote, digital-first culture with a data platform team of ~50 people.

India

  • Define and evolve the long-term database and data infrastructure strategy across the company.
  • Lead complex, cross-team initiatives such as database migrations, sharding, and multiregion architectures.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar for database and distributed-systems engineering.

HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system for SMBs, providing infrastructure to build, automate, and scale operations. With over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, the company operates as a global, remote-first organization focused on speed and ownership.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Define and drive the product roadmap for ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on cloud-native database capabilities.
  • Collaborate with engineering to prioritize and deliver improvements to the core database engine and storage layer.
  • Engage directly with customers and cross-functional teams, defining KPIs and guiding product decisions.

ClickHouse develops an open-source columnar database and offers ClickHouse Cloud, a cloud-native database service. They are a rapidly scaling startup with a globally distributed, remote-friendly team operating in over 25 countries.

$63,500–$68,580/yr
UK

  • Administer the full PostgreSQL and EDB lifecycle, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and security.
  • Configure and manage high availability with EDB Failover Manager, backup and recovery with Barman, and monitoring with PEM.
  • Automate environments using TPA and Ansible, manage version control with Git, and participate in an on-call rotation for production emergencies.

Sectigo is a leading provider of certificate lifecycle management (CLM), delivering automated, cloud-native solutions to simplify digital trust for enterprises. With over 700,000 customers including 65% of the Fortune 500, the company fosters a culture built on core values of Support, Excellence, Communication, Teamwork, Integrity, Growth, and Openness.

$186,700–$233,400/yr
US

  • Lead build of cross-functional data products and analytics experiences that enable data-driven decisions across the business.
  • Standardize how data products are built with golden paths and a common operating model for every domain.
  • Drive an AI-native engineering culture to achieve 3-5x productivity gains and raise data product quality.

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing for oncology, women’s health, and organ health. The team consists of highly dedicated professionals from world-class institutions, working in a collaborative culture that values growth and inclusion.

US 4w PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Work closely with Render's top accounts as their dedicated technical partner, providing concierge service across architecture reviews, migration planning, and hands-on delivery.
  • Run scoped onboarding intensives for high-growth startups, from intake and success criteria through hands-on-keyboard execution.
  • Lead the database side of customer engagements, including Postgres architecture, performance tuning, and complex data migrations.

Render is building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. Trusted by over 7 million developers worldwide, the company has raised $260M and values craft, velocity, and user experience.

$181,130–$181,130/yr
Global

  • Directly manage a team of 5-7 senior engineers, owning technical outcomes and operational excellence.
  • Partner with product to balance feature development with tech debt and infrastructure investments.
  • Set high technical quality bar and represent your team with stakeholders and leadership.

GiveDirectly delivers cash transfers directly to people in poverty, having delivered over $1B to 2+ million people across 15 countries since 2011. Their culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical, supporting high ownership and professional growth.

$160,000–$180,000/yr
US 3w PTO 2w maternity 2w paternity

  • Act as deputy architect, shaping platform design and breaking complex work into increments.
  • Build services and integrations while staying hands-on with code and production delivery.
  • Guide data modeling, legacy migration, and system integration while mentoring engineers.

Attain Talent is a talent solutions company that builds modern platforms for government agencies. They foster a small-team culture with a focus on collaboration, ownership, and professional growth.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Lead a globally distributed observability team building and operating metrics, logging, alerting, and capacity planning platforms.
  • Set priorities with Site Reliability Engineering, Product Engineering, and GitLab Dedicated teams while owning reliability, scalability, and cost.
  • Participate in incident response and on-call rotations, using SLOs, error budgets, and AI tools to improve alerting and sustain operational load.

GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that helps organizations increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation. With more than 50 million registered users and a high-performance culture driven by shared values and AI adoption, GitLab's globally distributed team collaborates to solve complex problems.

$180,000–$190,000/yr
US

  • Drive the technical direction of the ELT and data platform over a multi-quarter horizon, balancing strategic investments and technical debt.
  • Author high-quality design documents and provide architectural guidance across the codebase.
  • Mentor senior engineers and set standards for code quality, testing, and reliability.

This company operates a mission-driven healthcare data platform that powers critical analytics and product capabilities for complex healthcare operations. It is a remote-first organization with a collaborative culture focused on ownership, innovation, and mutual support.

$220,000–$300,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Build and run the data platform, including Snowflake administration, access governance, and ingestion orchestration.
  • Set technical direction for the medallion architecture, dbt project standards, and reliability practices.
  • Mentor engineers and analysts, establishing the technical bar for data engineering at Eve.

Eve is redefining legal technology for plaintiff law firms, providing AI-powered solutions that handle cases from intake to resolution. Trusted by over 1000 law firms and backed by $160M from top investors, the company is growing rapidly with a world-class team.