Staff Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Introduction to Demandbase: 

Demandbase helps B2B companies hit their revenue goals using fewer resources. How? By using the power of AI to identify and engage the accounts and buying groups most likely to purchase. Our account-based technology unites sales and marketing teams around insights that you can understand and facilitates quick actions across systems and channels to deliver big wins. It’s flexible, scalable ABM built for you.

As a company, we prioritize both the advancement of careers and the development of world-class technology. We invest heavily in people, our culture, and the communities around us. We have offices strategically located in San Francisco and New York in the US, and Hyderabad, in India and we embrace a hybrid work model in these regions. Outside of these areas we offer a remote work option and boast a significant presence in Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA, and London, UK. Continuously lauded as a great place to work, we are Great Place to Work Certified, and have earned distinctions such as "Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area,"Best Workplaces in Technology," "Best Workplaces for Millennials," and "Best Workplaces for Parents"!

We're committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and promoting a diverse workforce. By ensuring that every Demandbase employee is able to bring a diversity of talents to work, we're increasingly capable of achieving our mission to transform the way B2B companies go to market. We encourage people from historically underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Demandbase!

About the Role

Demandbase is hiring a Staff Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) to lead the evolution of our database infrastructure. You’ll own the reliability, scalability, and performance of the systems that power our B2B SaaS platform — ensuring real-time personalization and analytics for some of the world’s largest enterprise marketers.

You’ll provide technical leadership to a global DBRE team, drive automation and best practices, and partner with engineering teams to move faster — without compromising on stability.

The base compensation range for this position for candidates in the SF Bay Area is: $140,000 - $210,000. For all other locations, the base compensation range is based on the primary work location of the candidate as our ranges are location specific. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skillset, years of experience, and depth of experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

Own our core database infrastructure

• Design, operate, and scale AWS RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and DynamoDB
• Ensure performance, uptime, security, and cost-efficiency across environments
• Architect solutions for high availability and disaster recovery
  
  

Automate everything

• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, backups, failover, schema changes
• Use Python, Shell scripting, GitLab CI/CD, and Terraform to reduce toil
• Standardize infrastructure via reusable templates and IaC modules
  
  

Partner across teams

• Work with product and platform engineers to optimize schemas and queries
• Support development velocity with tools, docs, and onboarding support
• Drive performance tuning, cost monitoring, and reliability best practices
  
  

Lead incident response & observability

• Own database observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead resolution of database issues
• Continuously improve detection, alerting, and recovery processes
  
  

Mentor & lead a global team

• Guide DBREs across time zones (U.S. and India) with clear direction and support
• Encourage learning, documentation, and a culture of shared ownership
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• 12+ years of experience in database engineering or operations
• Deep expertise with AWS RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and DynamoDB
• Strong experience with performance tuning, HA strategies, and data security
• Solid Linux skills and scripting (Python, Shell)
• Hands-on with Terraform, CI/CD (GitLab or similar), Docker/Kubernetes
• Familiar with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
• Experience leading teams or mentoring other engineers
• Clear communicator — both technical and collaborative

Nice to Have

• Experience in B2B SaaS or high-scale MarTech platforms
• Familiarity with Google Cloud (BigQuery, GCP tooling)
• Exposure to data modeling for analytics or event-driven architectures
• Understanding of SLAs, multi-tenancy, or customer-facing reliability challenges

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and financial security. Our employees enjoy up to 100% paid premiums for Medical and Vision coverage, ensuring access to top-tier care for you and your loved ones. In addition, we provide a range of mental wellness resources, including access to Modern Health, to help support your emotional well-being. We believe in a healthy work-life harmony, which is why we offer a flexible PTO policy, 15 paid holidays in 2025—including a three-day break around July 4th and a full week off for Thanksgiving—and No Internal Meetings Fridays to give you uninterrupted time to focus on what matters most. For your financial future, we offer a competitive 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and other valuable benefits to ensure your financial peace of mind.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Demandbase:

At Demandbase, we believe in creating a workplace culture that values and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We recognize that everyone brings unique experiences, perspectives, and identities to the table, and we are committed to building a community where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated, and we strive to ensure that every individual has an equal opportunity to succeed and grow, regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, background, marital status, genetic information, education level, veteran status, national origin, or any other protected status. We do not automatically disqualify applicants with criminal records and will consider each applicant on a case-by-case basis.

We recognize that not all candidates will have every skill or qualification listed in this job description. If you feel you have the level of experience to be successful in the role, we encourage you to apply!

We acknowledge that true diversity and inclusion requires ongoing effort, and we are committed to doing the work required to make our workplace a safe and equitable space for all. Join us in building a community where we can learn from each other, celebrate our differences, and work together.

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