01Overview
Description
Location: Hyderabad
Function: Engineering / Platform & Data Infrastructure
About the Role
We are looking for a highly experienced Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) with deep expertise in MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch to own and support mission-critical database platforms serving enterprise SaaS applications. This role is not suitable for candidates with only development or basic DBA experience. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience designing, operating, troubleshooting, and optimizing large-scale production settings containing millions of records, supporting 24x7 high-availability systems with strict uptime SLAs. The engineer will independently diagnose complex database failures, perform failovers, optimize performance under load, ensure business continuity, influence technical direction, and mentor junior engineers.
Responsibilities
Database Design & Architecture
Architect and implement scalable, high-availability MongoDB solutions including replica sets, sharded clusters, Atlas deployments, and disaster recovery architectures.
Design, implement, and manage MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch environments across development, staging, and production.
Define schema design standards, sharding strategies, indexing approaches, data lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
Production Reliability & Operations
Own 24x7 production database operations with accountability for uptime, reliability, and SLA compliance.
Diagnose and resolve complex database incidents, execute failovers, recovery activities, root-cause analysis, and business continuity procedures.
Lead rolling upgrades, patching, migrations, and maintenance with minimal or zero downtime.
Performance & Optimization
Analyze query patterns, design optimal indexes, tune aggregation pipelines, and eliminate bottlenecks.
Monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvements using profiler, explain plans, Atlas tools, and observability platform .
