[Remote] Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Database
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure company. They are seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of their systems and services, working closely with development and operations teams.ResponsibilitiesTriage difficult technical problems and implement solutionsImprove our observability stack (monitoring, logging, profiling)Incident Management: Respond to and resolve incidents in a timely manner, conducting post-incident reviews to identify and implement improvementsCollaboration: Work closely with development teams to ensure new features and services are designed with reliability and scalability in mindCapacity Planning: Monitor system capacity and performance, making recommendations and implementing changes to handle future growthSkills5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Performance Engineering, or similar roles5+ years of experience with multi-terabyte scale PostgreSQL clustersProven track record of managing and maintaining large-scale, high-availability, and high-performance PostgreSQL databaseExperience designing and implementing SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for internal systems and databasesExperience with troubleshooting PostgreSQL performance problems and slow queriesExtensive experience with efficient schema design and efficient query designExperience migrating multi-terabyte tables into more efficient schemasProficient with GoProficient with PrometheusProficient with LinuxKnowledgeable in trading/fintech domainsExperience with low-latency systemsExperience with distributed tracingExperience scaling PostgreSQL clusters rapidlyExperience with pgx, gorm, or sqlcBenefitsCompetitive Salary & Stock OptionsHealth BenefitsNew Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex CardCompany OverviewDice is a job-searching platform for technology professionals. It is a sub-organization of DHI Group. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.dice.com.Company H1B SponsorshipDice has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.