Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Databases

Role description

Role Overview

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Databases to join our Platform Engineering team. You will be the reliability and operational backbone for Vultr's database infrastructure spanning MySQL InnoDB Clusters, PostgreSQL, and other database technologies.

What You Will Do

Own and evolve comprehensive monitoring and alerting for MySQL InnoDB Clusters, and PostgreSQL infrastructure across multiple datacenters, establish and execute a quarterly backup verification and disaster recovery testing program across all database systems, and serve as first-tier on-call responder for database incidents.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will apply SRE methodology — error budgets, runbooks, automation-first thinking, and toil reduction — specifically to database systems that power a global cloud platform serving millions of customers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Database Operations roles in production environments at scale
• Deep operational expertise with MySQL in production — InnoDB Cluster, Group Replication, MySQL Router, and ProxySQL — with strong troubleshooting skills for replication, performance, and reliability issues
• Production experience with PostgreSQL — replication, high availability, performance tuning, and operational management
• Strong proficiency with configuration management tools (Puppet preferred) and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Experience with database backup tools (xtrabackup, pg_dump, mysqldump) and disaster recovery procedures
• Proficiency in PHP and Python or Go for automation, tooling, and integration with existing codebases
• Experience with database observability — Prometheus exporters, Grafana dashboards, alerting frameworks, and SLO/error-budget methodology
• Familiarity with Kafka Connect, Debezium, or similar change-data-capture pipelines
• Strong incident response skills with experience in on-call rotations, including post-incident review and remediation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams as a senior peer

Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
• Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
• 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
• Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
• $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
• Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
• Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
• Company paid Wellable subscription