Senior Database Platform Engineer

About VEG

hold your horses—something's not right

As a veterinarian, Dr. David Bessler knew something was wrong with the ER experience. A major piece was missing: the customer's feelings. They were left out in a lobby, kept in the dark about treatment options, and then hit with surprise fees.

working like a dog, but excited as a puppy

Enter VEG. Along with VEG co-founder David Glattstein and a dedicated team, Dr. Bessler created the VEG experience, which puts people and their pets first. Customers are met at the door and that door is open 24/7, even on holidays. And our staff is trained to treat any emergency—from vomiting to surgery.

keeping the flock together

If pets could talk, they'd tell you to stay with them. That's why at VEG, our open floor plan lets you see everything and participate in your pet's care. In fact, you can stay with your pet the entire time, even through surgery.

welcoming scaredy-cats

Want to hold your pet during treatment? YES! We do whatever it takes to take the scary out of a stressful situation. With your pet more at ease, we can have an open conversation about diagnosis, treatment options, and costs.

We are looking for a Database Reliability Engineer who understands both the architecture and orchestration of data – someone with a sharp engineering mind and a passion for building systems that never blink. In this role, you’ll be on the front lines of our global expansion, bringingyour expertise in AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, and Python to architect a data roadmap that scalesfrom startup speed to global enterprise scale for hundreds of hospitals worldwide.

At VEG, wefind a way to say YES to building resilient, self-healing systems that eliminate “toil” and empower our medical teams to provide life-saving care 24/7/365.You will take ownership of the performance and stability of our data layer, implementing the standards and SLOs that ensure our systems remain robust as we expand. Join us to tackle complex challenges at the core of our infrastructure and make a measurable impact on thefuture of veterinary medicine – all while being part of a team that values your technical craft andyour drive to see us thrive.

Analyze complex database access patterns to identify bottlenecks, then design and implement optimizations in Postgres and Python to ensure high performance as ourworkload keeps growing

Architect and execute the roadmap to transition our data layer from startup scale to aglobal enterprise footprint, supporting our continued hospital expansion

Build and maintain a world-class observability stack to transform 'surprises' intopredictable, automated alerts

Define and enforce Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and database best practices,ensuring that as we scale, our data remains resilient, secure, and highly available,

Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience7+ years of experience in DBRE/DBA/SRE/Dev Ops roles managing high-trafficproduction databases

Deep PostgreSQL internal expertise, including a strong understanding of MVCC, indexingstrategies, and query optimization

Proven track record of managing RDS for PostgreSQL across Multi-AZ deployments, witha focus on parameter group tuning and high-concurrency traffic via RDS Proxy Designed and executed roadmaps for transitioning from a single primary database to amulti-cluster environment, utilizing read replicas, caching layers, and service-specific data stores

You have direct experience with technologies relevant to our technical stack, whichcurrently includes: AWS, RDS Proxy, PostgreSQL (RDS), Python

• Python
• Postgres
• AWS