Job Description
Title: Database Reliability Engineer V (Remote)
Location: United States (U.S.)
Company Overview
ID.me simplifies how people securely prove and share their identity online. The company empowers people to control their data through a portable and trusted login, which means they don’t need to create a new password when visiting sites that have the ID.me button.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital migration for many critical services. Those services require a trusted identity to safeguard against fraud and help ensure people are who they claim to be. With ID.me, login and identity credentials move with people, which can reduce the time and frustration of having to verify at multiple sites and set up multiple passwords.
ID.me is a credential service provider compliant with federal standards for digital identity verification.
In addition to helping people control their credentials and data, the company’s No Identity Left Behind initiative strives to expand access and inclusion for all people. The company offers multiple pathways to verification online self-serve, live video chat agents, and in person. ID.me is passionate about building a robust identity network that does not compromise access for traditionally underserved groups.
Role Overview
ID.me is looking for a Database Reliability Engineer V to join our team. This position is critical for maintaining the robustness of our data systems. You’ll use your skills in both database engineering and DevOps to establish and upkeep our databases. You’ll work closely with application developers, data engineers, and platform engineers to create a database infrastructure that is both efficient and dependable. This is a high-level individual contributor role with chances for leading and mentoring within the Engineering department.
Responsibilities
- Lead efforts to maintain the reliability and stability of our database systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to automate database provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance tasks.
- Continuously monitor and optimize database performance, including query optimization, index performance and resource utilization.
- Develop and implement database engineering best practices, including testing, documentation, and code reviews.
- Explore and evaluate new technologies and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the engineering team.
- Mentor and guide engineers, helping them to develop their skills and grow within the organization. Ultimately help developers write better queries and implement simpler database designs.
- Implement and enforce data security best practices, access controls, and encryption mechanisms to protect sensitive data in motion and at rest
Ideal Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional experience in database administration, with a focus on PostgreSQL or similar database technologies and in-depth knowledge of database security best practices and experience with security implementations.
- Strong expertise in cloud-based database solutions, such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, or Google CloudSQL and extensive experience working with cloud-based platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Proven experience in database performance tuning and optimization for OLTP AND OLAP workloads.
- Knowledge of engineering practices, ORM’s, caching, data domain design, CAP theorem
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or a related field
- 1+ years of experience with data warehousing technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift)
- Strong knowledge of data storage technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, and data processing platforms such as Hadoop and Spark
- Expertise in data streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka or Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
- Experience working in CI/CD framework and familiarity with data architecture and design
- Superb time management, prioritization of tasks and ability to meet deadlines with little supervision
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, Information Technology, or a related). A master’s degree is a plus.
