INACTIVE

Full-Time

Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Harness

501-1,000 employees

Software delivery platform

Data & Analytics

AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$123,000 - $182,000Annually

Senior

Mountain View, CA, USA

Required Skills

Python

Communications

MySQL

Postgres

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in CSE or related technical discipline
7-10 years of experience managing Postgres and MySQL Databases On-Prem and on the cloud (GCP/AWS)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Thorough and clear documentation is expected in this role. All database changes should be documented thoroughly, including the upgrades, maintenance, and other procedures

Responsibilities

This is not just a DBA role. We are looking for someone with prior infra experience setting up HA and DR for these Database systems and meeting defined SLAs
Work closely with the Engineering team in understanding the application architecture and how it maps to the database schemas, identify the bottlenecks, and plan for scalability
The role has an on-call rotation aspect, and the DBRE is expected to be on-call during the Production incident(s) and other Engineering troubleshooting
Continually review database changes with Engineering, and work on performance tuning, query, and index optimizations
Should be well versed in one scripting language (Shell, Python) and automate the processes involved in database upgrades, patching, and monitoring
Competitive salary
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
TGIF-Off program
Remote office stipend
Monthly internet reimbursement
Monthly Food & Beverage Reimbursement Program
#LI-REMOTE

Harness is a high-growth startup that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

POSITION SUMMARY

Harness is looking to bring in Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) with strong experience in Postgres/MySQL. The DBRE would work alongside SRE teams and be responsible for administering, scaling, and maintaining Postgres/Timescale and MySQL Database systems running in GCP and On-Prem.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This is not just a DBA role. We are looking for someone with prior infra experience setting up HA and DR for these Database systems and meeting defined SLAs.
Work closely with the Engineering team in understanding the application architecture and how it maps to the database schemas, identify the bottlenecks, and plan for scalability.
The role has an on-call rotation aspect, and the DBRE is expected to be on-call during the Production incident(s) and other Engineering troubleshooting.
Continually review database changes with Engineering, and work on performance tuning, query, and index optimizations.
Should be well versed in one scripting language (Shell, Python) and automate the processes involved in database upgrades, patching, and monitoring.

ABOUT YOU

Bachelor’s degree in CSE or related technical discipline.
7-10 years of experience managing Postgres and MySQL Databases On-Prem and on the cloud (GCP/AWS).
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Thorough and clear documentation is expected in this role. All database changes should be documented thoroughly, including the upgrades, maintenance, and other procedures.

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE AT HARNESS

Competitive salary
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
TGIF-Off program
Remote office stipend
Monthly internet reimbursement
Monthly Food & Beverage Reimbursement Program
#LI-REMOTE

HARNESS IN THE NEWS

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $123,000 - $182,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include plus equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers.

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Harness’ mission is to enable every software engineering team in the world to deliver code reliably, efficiently, and quickly to their users through their modern software delivery platform. The company’s platform is designed for all phases of software delivery and allows teams to speed up test cycles, fully automate and govern build and deploy processes, provide developers with faster feedback loops, use GitOps and Pipelines to varying needs, and create exceptional experiences.

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$510M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 3%

1 year growth

↑ 6%

2 year growth

↑ 39%

Benefits

Competitive salary and early-stage stock options

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Flexible work schedule

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off & Parental Leave

Monthly, quarterly, & annual social and team building events

TGIF-Off program

Remote office stipend

Monthly internet reimbursement

Monthly Food & Beverage Reimbursement Program

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