Database Reliability Engineer (Analytics)

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Database Reliability Engineer (Analytics) at PrizePicks, you'll ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform. You'll collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to design, deploy, migrate, monitor, and support database infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing next-generation data infrastructure using PostgreSQL-compatible cloud databases, mitigating production incidents, implementing monitoring and alerting, providing database expertise to engineering teams, automating infrastructure, implementing security controls, analyzing platform performance, and participating in 24/7 on-call rotation. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in database management and PostgreSQL, cloud database technologies, and SRE concepts.
Must have:
  • 5+ years relevant experience
  • PostgreSQL expertise
  • Cloud database experience
  • Automation experience
  • SRE concepts (SLIs, SLOs)
  • PostgreSQL internals knowledge
  • Database infrastructure design
  • Production incident mitigation
Good to have:
  • Extensive datacenter experience
  • Python, Ruby, or Go expertise
  • Terraform experience
  • Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Perks:
  • Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Bi-annual bonus
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Disability benefits
  • Company equipment
  • Annual performance reviews

Job Details

At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 450 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together? 

Our Database Reliability Engineers work within the Infrastructure Operations team to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data platform as we continue to scale and expand our operations.  You will collaborate with other DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers to architect, design, deploy, migrate, monitor, scale, and support our database infrastructure.  We are looking for teammates who have a deep understanding of databases as well as SRE concepts like SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, four golden signals monitoring, and incident response.

What you’ll do:

  • Help design and implement the next generation of PrizePicks’ data infrastructure using PostgreSQL-compatible cloud databases
  • Work with peers to roll out changes to our production environment and help mitigate database-related production incidents
  • Make monitoring and alerting alert on symptoms and SLOs, and not on outages
  • Provide database expertise to engineering teams (for example through reviews of database migrations, queries and performance optimizations)
  • Work on automation of database infrastructure and help engineering succeed by providing self-service tools
  • Work closely with security to implement security controls to ensure enforcement of policies and procedures and advise on best practices
  • Deeply analyze platform performance and find areas to improve speed and scale
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

What you have:

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience
  • Extensive experience in database management and infrastructure design with PostgreSQL
  • Expert knowledge and experience in delivering cloud database technologies at scale
  • Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and best practices design, scaling, and reliability patterns
  • Unwavering commitment to automating all-the-things
  • Experience working in a startup environment at a fast pace with a distributed team
  • Extensive datacenter experience a big plus
  • Proven track record of building large, geographically distributed scalable infrastructure in a programmatic way
  • Passion for technology and collaboration
  • Extensive Linux experience
  • Python, Ruby, or Go expertise 
  • Experience with Terraform
  • Experience in working with fundamental cloud technologies like virtualization and TCP/IP networking and abstractions (not just AWS, GCP or Azure)

Where you’ll live:

  • While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates.

 

Benefits you’ll receive:

In addition to your great compensation package, full-time employees will be eligible for the following perks: 

  • Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans 
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Bi-annual bonus
  • Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
  • Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
  • Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
  • Company-wide in-person events and team outings
  • Lifestyle enhancement program
  • Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
  • Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development

You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.  We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. 

PrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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