Cloud Database Engineer II

Redfin•Seattle, WA

32d•Hybrid

About The Position

Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. We've got all the perks, but if what you value most is doing great work in a collaborative environment, join us. The Production Engineering team at Redfin is currently seeking a Cloud Database Engineer II. This is an integral contributor who is responsible for the foundation that powers Redfin's data and cloud infrastructure (network, storage, database, compute). The Cloud Database Engineer II will help support databases across our cloud environment. They'll ensure system performance, smooth operation, and best practices are being followed. They'll also collaborate with engineers on both platform and feature teams to ensure our systems are operating well within the larger Redfin environment. This role requires depth in design, collaboration with internal teams, a proactive approach to problem solving, and an ability to optimize and tune our databases for maximum efficiency.

Requirements

3+ years experience in cloud / AWS environments
3+ years managing a cloud database instances (i.e. RDS, Aurora, or on EC2)
3+ years of PostgreSQL (or similar) database engineering and administration.
Shell scripting and Python script development.
Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure as code tools
Experience in an Agile environment and production infrastructure on call.
Experience using AI code generation tools tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
Experience with Linux administration and Linux scripting.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Database - Specialty
Software or Systems Development experience.
Expertise in RDS (Postgres) databases and Non-Relational databases such as (Redis, Snowflake).

Responsibilities

You will support database architecture projects with a focus on reliability, throughput, scalability, and security.
You will build observability to proactively detect and prevent performance issues.
You will perform DBA duties in non-production and production environments, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration.
You will use infrastructure as code and configuration management tools to ensure consistency.
You will use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code.
You will maintain configuration of PostgreSQL instances including replication setup, parameter settings, and identification of appropriate instance types/sizes.
You will use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code
You will participate in high availability and disaster recovery planning/drills.
You will use your systems knowledge to help scaling and performance for every service at Redfin.
You will participate in an on-call rotation about one week per month.

Benefits

flexible vacation that supports the importance of time away from work for rest and relaxation
12 paid holidays
paid parental leave
sick leave (accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked)
medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits
flexible spending account
health savings account
life and disability insurance
fertility benefits
Employee Assistance Programs
401(k) employer match