REMOTE Lead Cassandra Engineer

A high-scale technology client is seeking a Lead Cassandra Engineer to join their team! This individual will lead a Cassandra migration initiative, working closely with engineering teams to design and build scalable infrastructure while ensuring proper configuration and performance. They will develop automation solutions, monitor system health, troubleshoot latency and outages, and run experiments to validate upgrades and changes in production environments. The role also involves influencing architectural decisions, mentoring team members, and ensuring high availability in a distributed system. This is a remote opportunity supporting U.S. time zones with on-call responsibilities; compensation is flexible and the role is full-time.

• Deep, hands-on Apache Cassandra production experience (not just application-level usage)
• Strong expertise in Cassandra schema design, query optimization, performance tuning, compaction, and repair processes
• Experience operating Cassandra at scale (multi-region, high-availability environments, large clusters)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Ansible and/or Terraform
• Strong automation mindset with proven experience building tooling and automation workflows
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch)
• Scripting experience (e.g., Python or similar)
• Monitoring and observability experience (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) with ability to interpret Cassandra metrics
• Ability to contribute to architecture discussions and influence design decisions
• Experience working in regulated environments (PCI, SOX, or similar)
• Experience leveraging AI/LLM tools for development productivity or automation
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)
• Strong written communication and ownership mindset
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with ScyllaDB and/or migration off ScyllaDB
• Experience with EKS, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Exposure to tools like Vault, Splunk, Vector, or Medusa/Reaper
• Enterprise-scale environment experience (ticketing, fintech, e-commerce, gaming, SaaS)
• Background in DBA or DBRE/SRE roles

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.