Remote Senior Data Reliability Engineer (Remote - US)

Description:

• This position is for a Senior Data Reliability Engineer at Calendly, located in the United States.
• The role focuses on database infrastructure, reliability, and observability.
• The engineer will work closely with development teams to optimize and maintain robust, scalable database systems using technologies like PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud.
• Responsibilities include owning and managing the organization’s relational and non-relational database infrastructure.
• The engineer will develop tools and automation to enhance the reliability, scalability, and observability of data systems.
• Support will be provided for a wide range of technologies including PostgreSQL, Redis, PgBouncer, Datadog, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Collaboration with engineering teams is essential to improve database usage, modeling, queries, and instrumentation.
• The role involves building and maintaining self-service database tooling using Kubernetes, Helm, and custom operators.
• The engineer will partner with internal teams to ensure successful adoption of best practices across the engineering organization.
• Proactive measures will be taken to ensure high system uptime and play a critical role in incident response and recovery.
• Deep expertise in managing production database environments, especially PostgreSQL, is required.
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, particularly Google Cloud Platform, and distributed systems is necessary.
• Experience with Helm, Kubernetes, and building internal developer tools is expected.
• Strong knowledge of observability and reliability engineering principles is essential.
• The candidate should have demonstrated success in optimizing databases and supporting development teams at scale.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills are important, along with a passion for sharing knowledge and improving processes.
• Proven ability to lead strategic technical projects is required.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S., and immigration sponsorship is not available.
• Candidates must reside in eligible U.S. states, excluding AK, AL, DE, HI, ID, MT, ND, SD, NE, IA, WV, RI.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have deep expertise in managing production database environments, especially PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, particularly Google Cloud Platform, and distributed systems is required.
• Experience with Helm, Kubernetes, and building internal developer tools is necessary.
• Strong knowledge of observability and reliability engineering principles is essential.
• Candidates should have a demonstrated success in optimizing databases and supporting development teams at scale.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills are important, along with a passion for sharing knowledge and improving processes.
• Proven ability to lead strategic technical projects is required.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.; immigration sponsorship is not available.
• Candidates must reside in eligible U.S. states, excluding AK, AL, DE, HI, ID, MT, ND, SD, NE, IA, WV, RI.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive base salary based on location, with Tier 1 (e.g., NYC, SF) salaries ranging from $178,560 to $267,840 USD, Tier 2 (e.g., Austin, Boston) from $163,680 to $245,520 USD, and Tier 3 (all other locations) from $148,800 to $223,200 USD.
• There is a quarterly corporate bonus program available.
• Equity grants and long-term incentive plans are included as part of the compensation package.
• Full health, dental, and vision insurance is provided.
• Employees enjoy flexible paid time off and company holidays.
• The company promotes a remote-first work culture with geographic pay transparency.
• Professional development opportunities are available for employees.
• Inclusive policies for disability accommodations and transparent application practices are in place.