engineering
Posted May 13Senior Database Reliability Engineer
at ClickUp
PolandRemote
Requirements
- 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.
- You’ll be responsible for the performance, integrity, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL databases running on Linux in AWS.
- 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
- 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) - Strong organizational and documentation skills NICE TO HAVE -
- Experience with database auditing, compliance, or governance frameworks - Familiarity with ETL processes, data pipelines, or reporting systems -
- Experience with high availability setups, replication, and failover management - Exposure to other database systems (MySQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL platforms) -
Experience
- QUALIFICATIONS - 7+ years of
Additional details
- 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.
- This role focuses on day-to-day database administration, operational excellence, and ensuring data is consistently reliable and well-managed across environments. KEY