Senior Backend Engineer, Database Excellence (Ruby)

Responsibilities

We are representing a fully remote DevSecOps technology organization seeking a Senior Backend Engineer focused on database excellence and data lifecycle management. In this role, you will:

• Develop and iterate backend features and data frameworks that enable teams to work safely and efficiently with data at scale across SaaS and self-managed deployments
• Design and build data retention and lifecycle management frameworks, including retention policy enforcement, bulk data removal tooling, and automated identification of tables requiring retention policies
• Build shift-left guardrails such as static analysis checks and schema-change-time enforcement to catch unsustainable data growth patterns before production
• Collaborate closely with product management, UX, frontend, infrastructure, software delivery, and analytics teams to design and ship high-performing solutions
• Review and improve database-related changes from other engineers and community contributors, ensuring data integrity, safety, and performance across all deployment scenarios
• Design, build, and maintain tooling such as SQL traffic replay and background operations frameworks to proactively surface and address scalability and performance issues
• Research, design, and implement improvements to data retention and lifecycle management, database performance, scalability, and data health
• Document database best practices, anti-patterns, and data architecture guidance to enable developers to make informed decisions
• Develop proactive tooling and guardrails that help developers detect and remediate potential performance and data issues early in the development lifecycle

What We're Looking For

Our client needs a senior-level engineer with deep PostgreSQL expertise and Ruby on Rails proficiency. Specifically:

• Professional software engineering experience working with PostgreSQL in large, complex production environments, including high availability solutions with automatic failover and zero-downtime data migrations
• Demonstrated experience managing large or fast-growing datasets through approaches such as data retention, archiving, partitioning, or lifecycle management
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails or another Ruby framework, including designing, implementing, and reviewing backend features
• Ability to reason about software design, algorithms, and performance trade-offs at a system level
• Strong written communication skills and comfort working asynchronously in an all-remote, distributed team
• Self-directed work style with effective organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities independently
• Openness to learning and applying new tools and approaches, including transferable experience from related data, infrastructure, or developer tooling domains
• Willingness to participate in a tier 2 database on-call rotation within your time zone

How We Work With You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai partners with leading technology organizations to connect exceptional engineers with transformative opportunities. When you apply through our platform:

• You'll submit your application directly on getajob.ai
• One of our experienced recruiters will screen your qualifications and discuss the opportunity with you in detail
• We will submit qualified candidates to our client for consideration
• Please do not contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure the best candidate experience

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

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