Filevine
The Operating Core for Legal
Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$145K - $180K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSDockerDynamo DBEntity FrameworkKubernetesMS SQL ServerPostgre SQLPythonRedisSQLTerraform
Job Description
• Proactively explore and implement AI tools, LLM integrations, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) to reduce routine database toil, optimize query performance, and accelerate incident resolution.
• Support our data warehouse ecosystem by optimizing Snowflake performance, including application packaging and testing.
• Own the deep-level optimization of MSSQL (crucial for on-call stability) and PostgreSQL at the server, database, and query levels.
• Forecast resource utilization across platforms. Identify cost-saving opportunities, optimize Snowflake credit usage, and right-size AWS infrastructure.
• Automate all data infrastructure using Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will manage containerized data services and stateful workloads.
• Manage and optimize deployment pipelines using GitLab and Octopus Deploy, ensuring safe, repeatable database schema changes.
• Create technical documentation, including runbooks, "how-to" guides for developer self-service, and clear architectural diagrams.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for SQL Server, Postgres, and Snowflake in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high-traffic production databases, specifically Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- Expert knowledge in Snowflake
- Professional experience with Terraform, AWS, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy
- Expert-level knowledge of Docker and production experience running stateful applications within Kubernetes (K8s)
- Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and experience using LLMs to assist in coding or system automation
- Expert-level Python and PowerShell skills. Familiarity with C# and object-oriented programming (OOP).
- Expert in tuning queries generated from ORMs (Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake (packaging/testing) and DynamoDB
- Familiarity with OpenSearch, Redis and DynamoDB.
- Education: B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent direct work experience.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Competitive & Fair Pay
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short & long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Top-of-the-line company swag