Remote Position
[Remote] Senior Database Engineer
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PriceSenz is seeking a senior software engineer specializing in database engineering. The role focuses on building and optimizing scalable data flows, improving database performance and reliability, modernizing legacy scheduling systems, and supporting production deployments.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize software and database systems with a focus on performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency
- Develop high-performance solutions for processing large volumes of distributed data while minimizing latency and maximizing throughput
- Write efficient application-level database code, including query optimization, indexing strategies, partitioning, and connection management
- Design, implement, and optimize solutions using Cassandra, AlloyDB, and PostgreSQL
- Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks across database interactions and complex data processing workflows
- Support production deployments and ensure the stability and reliability of database infrastructure under heavy workloads
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver scalable backend solutions
Skills
- U.S. Citizens only (no dual citizenship)
- No H-1B, OPT, CPT, TN, or other visa sponsorship available
- 5+ years of professional software development experience with a strong emphasis on backend systems and database engineering
- Expert-level Python experience building high-performance backend services, asynchronous applications, and distributed systems
- Deep understanding of database systems, including architecture, internals, tradeoffs, and performance optimization
- Strong experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including advanced tuning, indexing, partitioning, and query optimization
- Production experience managing and optimizing large-scale NoSQL database clusters
- Practical experience with AlloyDB
- Strong understanding of:
- Concurrency control
- Transaction management
- Indexing strategies
- Data modeling
- Experience building systems that process high-volume distributed data with strict latency requirements
- Experience working with Docker or other containerized environments
- Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
- Experience with C++, Go, or Rust is a strong plus
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Fully remote work environment
- Occasional company-paid travel for team collaboration (a few times per year)
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