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# Senior Database Reliability Engineer - Remote

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Databases, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Failover, Monitoring of Systems, PostgreSQL, Query Optimization, Backup and Restore, Database Performance, Indexer, Amazon Relational Database Service, Data Management, Terraform
- **Published:** September 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us92b8e2469f33bb4923062761d1f2dda8

## About the Role

* PostgreSQL
 * AWS RDS & Aurora PostgreSQL
 * High-Availability Architecture
 * Large-Scale Databases
 * Database Performance Optimization
 * Backup & Disaster Recovery
 * Replication & Failover, * 5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.
 * Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
 * Experience managing large-scale, high-traffic databases.
 * Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments.
 * Experience with data platforms, ETL, analytics workloads, and monitoring tools.
 * Strong analytical, communication, and troubleshooting skills.

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Database Reliability Engineer to architect, optimize, and maintain highly available PostgreSQL environments. You'll ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across large-scale, cloud-based database systems., * Design and manage highly available PostgreSQL architectures using AWS RDS and Aurora.

 * Optimize queries, indexes, partitioning, and database performance.
 * Manage backup, replication, recovery, and failover processes.
 * Troubleshoot slow queries, locks, deadlocks, and database bottlenecks.
 * Automate database maintenance and reliability workflows.
 * Support data migrations, application scaling, and operational improvements.
 * Maintain clear technical documentation.


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