Cloud Database Engineer II

This position is a hybrid role requiring employees to work from our headquarters location in Seattle, WA every Tuesday and Wednesday, and remote all other days.

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.

Who You Are:

• You have expertise and development skills in building, scaling, and supporting database technologies  (Postgres, Aurora  RDS,  event streaming, caching).

• You have worked with cloud databases including provisioning, automation, scaling/performance, and replication.

• You understand the what/why/how of infrastructure protocols and architecture.

• You have experience with database performance tuning, troubleshooting databases, and performance issues.

• You love to build tooling for common DBA processes and to automate!

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.

Minimum Qualifications and Skills:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• AWS Certified Database - Specialty

• Software or Systems Development experience.

• Expertise in RDS (Postgres) databases and Non-Relational databases such as (Redis, Snowflake).

The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable disclosure requirements.

Base Pay Range: $113,900.00 - 154,100.00. Actual base pay will depend on varying circumstances, including the position, location, individual qualifications, market finances, and other operational business needs. Compensation may also include bonuses and equity.

We offer a generous benefits package including 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, and 401(k) employer match.#LI-Hybrid

Redfin is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce.

A diverse, inclusive culture is vital to Redfin's mission of making real estate better for people from all walks of life. We’re proud that Redfin is a place where different points of view and backgrounds are encouraged and respected. We constantly strive to build a company that reflects the world around us, based on our conviction that pursuing and developing talent of all types is the right way for a business to thrive over the long haul.

Redfin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you need accommodation in the application or recruitment process because of a disability or special need, please contact [email protected]

Redfin encourages individuals with criminal record histories to apply for employment and considers such individuals for employment consistent with the requirements of any applicable fair chance acts, including but not limited to the California, San Francisco and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Acts. Philadelphia applicants can access a copy of Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards ordinance poster here.

Redfin accepts applications on an ongoing basis.