Staff Database Engineer, Infrastructure
About The Position
Semgrep, the leader in code security for builders, empowers invention without friction. Teams catch, flag, and fix real issues before they ship, powered by security that learns as they build. Semgrep secures code as it’s written and provides guardrails that pave the road for developers to move fast and stay secure. Built for builders and trusted by security, Semgrep lives where developers work, delivering fixes without breaking flow, and giving security teams visibility, control, and confidence. Semgrep gets smarter as you build, with AI that learns your context to cut false positives and prioritize reachable vulnerabilities, validated by 95% of security reviewers across 6M+ findings. Semgrep makes zero false positives a reality with AppSec teams triaging 80% fewer false positives across Code and Supply Chain, dramatically shrinking the backlog. Founded in San Francisco and backed by Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and is trusted by leading organizations, including Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma. Learn more at semgrep.dev. About the team Semgrep’s Infrastructure team is responsible for building and maintaining Semgrep’s internal developer platform which supports many applications including our flagship Code, Supply Chain, and Secrets products, the Semgrep Cloud Platform and Semgrep Managed Scanning. Our team mission is to enable Semgrep’ers to effectively and confidently build, run, and manage their systems. We do this by providing a tightly integrated platform for going “from code to cloud” including CI/CD systems, Kubernetes on AWS cloud environments, and tools for operating software in production. About the role We are looking for a Database Engineer or Database Admin (DBA) with Postgres experience who is passionate about scalable, secure, performant, and reliable software.
Requirements
- You have 7+ years of experience operating and maintaining production databases.
- You have strong hands on experience with Postgres, RDS and/or Aurora
- You are passionate about improving the availability and reliability of database systems
- You know to work iteratively, fail fast, manage risk, and effectively respond to incidents
- You have experience leading complex initiatives and working across teams
- You are a thoughtful mentor and lifelong learner
Responsibilities
- Own major infrastructure initiatives end-to-end, from working with stakeholders to identify needs through implementation, onboarding, and maintenance
- Develop technical strategy, working cross functionally with other leaders at the company to determine the evolution of our cloud data infrastructure
- Collaborate with engineers and product managers to support them in building the best possible products
- Architect and build simple, maintainable, extensible and observable software systems
- Advise, mentor, and sponsor other engineers inside and outside the team
- Maintain the database systems we operate as part of our platform
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
