
Staff Database Platform Engineer at Demandbase. Location Information: United States. Demandbase offers the only end-to-end Account-Based Experience (ABX) solution that helps B2B companies find, engage, and close the accounts that matter most.. Build the Database Platform of the Future: Design automation and self-service frameworks for provisioning, scaling, and securing databases across AWS and other cloud-native stores.. Develop Infrastructure-as-Code modules (Terraform, Helm, Gitlab CI/CD) to eliminate manual operations.. Establish best practices for service-level databases in a microservices architecture (Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, etc.).. Evaluate and guide architectural decisions for large-scale analytical and ETL workloads, helping choose the right data technologies for performance, cost, and scalability.. Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenSearch) for database health at scale.. Ensure availability, performance, and security of existing large-scale monolithic databases powering critical platform functions.. Lead efforts to reduce risk, cost, and complexity in legacy systems while preparing them for migration or replacement.. Guide safe transition of workloads from shared monolithic environments toward decentralized, service-owned models.. Collaborate with product/platform teams on schema design, query optimization, and database best practices.. Provide tools, documentation, and onboarding support that empower teams to safely own and manage their databases.. Mentor DBREs to evolve from traditional DBA skillsets toward platform engineering and automation-first practices.. Influence organizational culture toward shift-left ownership of databases.. Participate in incident response/postmortems across both monolithic and service-owned systems.. 10 years of experience in database reliability, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles.. Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes Operators, etc.).. Proficiency with cloud-managed relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL on RDS/Aurora) and cloud-native databases (DynamoDB).. Proficiency with performance tuning, query optimization, and schema design.. Experience modernizing and migrating legacy databases, including those used as ETL sources, into more scalable systems.. Solid Linux skills and scripting (Python, Shell).. Hands-on experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenSearch) and building reliable monitoring/alerting frameworks.. Ability to mentor DBREs/DBAs into platform engineers and influence engineering culture toward shift-left ownership of databases.. Excellent communicator and collaborator, able to bridge product, platform, DBRE, and data teams.. Pay range:. $140K - $210K. Up to 100% paid premiums for Medical and Vision coverage.. Access to mental wellness resources, including Modern Health.. Flexible PTO policy and 15 paid holidays.. No Internal Meetings Fridays.. Competitive 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance.