What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Reliability Engineer position at Justworks?
Who We Are
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
Department
Engineering
Who You Are
You enjoy working with databases and will lead the managing and scaling of Justwork’s datastores in order for data to be accessed in a performant, reliable and safe manner. In addition to keeping our database systems running smoothly 24 / 7 / 365, you will work on improving the tooling, orchestration, monitoring surrounding our datastores as well as developing a strategy for future growth. You will bring your expertise to the SRE and Infrastructure teams as well as the rest of our engineering teams.
Your Success Profile
What You Will Work On
- Define and implement a strategy for scaling our systems and plan for growth by delivering production solutions that scale, identifying automation points, and proactively proposing ideas on how to improve efficiency
- Address database-related related problems; pursue short and long term problem resolution, drive root cause analysis (RCA) and risk management processes
- Review and tune databases for optimal system performance including modifying parameters to improve throughput and effectively utilize system resources
- Participate in after-hours support and may be required to perform production releases or maintenance operations during non-peak hours
- Work with infrastructure engineers to define and execute backup and restore testing, as a part of disaster recovery plan
- Work closely with all operational groups to ensure SOX compliance
- Work on the database reliability and performance of our datastores
- Improve our observability, alerting and monitoring
- Help mitigate database related incidents
- Provide support and help debug database issues
How You Will Do Your Work
As a DBRE, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following :
In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for :
Qualifications
Technologies Used
The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $115, to $155, per year.
Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit .
Diversity At Justworks
Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at . Your comfort and success matter to us, and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.
Salary : $115 - $155
