Database Engineer II

Job Description

Data Robot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk. Our platform and applications integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI aRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI, and enables leaders to secure their AI assets. Organizations worldwide rely on Data Robot for AI that makes sense for their business — today and in the future.

Datarobot is actively seeking a Database Engineer to join our Fleet Management team. This is a pivotal role that requires creativity, deep technical knowledge, and great enthusiasm to manage our stateful infrastructure.

This position is an exciting opportunity to own the full lifecycle (administration, automation, and troubleshooting) of our critical database systems operating within a large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes environment. You will be essential in driving our Git Ops and Helm-centric deployment strategy, focusing on ensuring zero-downtime upgrades and maximizing performance and stability for our core platform services. This role offers the perfect opportunity to hone your skills and gain direct exposure to advanced cloud database architecture and container orchestration challenges.

• Design, implement, and maintain database infrastructure using Stateful Sets, Operators, and Helm charts to ensure databases are reliable, self-healing, and scalable.
• Own the deployment lifecycle for database clusters by managing version control for Helm charts and configuration templates.
• Support and administer production database systems by proactively instrumenting and monitoring performance, security, and availability within the containerized environment.
• Perform zero-downtime upgrades and migrations for major and minor releases, developing and maintaining Helm hooks and custom scripts to automate complex stateful operations.
• Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts (Bash, Python) specifically focused on simplifying Kubernetes management tasks, such as provisioning users/secrets and monitoring cluster state.

• Experience managing large-scale, high-availability database systems (Postgre
  
  SQL and Mongo
  
  DB) in a SaaS environment.
• Deep Expertise in Kubernetes & Helm:
  • Mandatory:
    Proven experience managing database deployments using Kubernetes and Helm deployments
  • Strong Proficiency:
    Experience defining, troubleshooting, and maintaining Kubernetes resources such as Stateful Sets, Pod Security Contexts (SCCs), Network Policy, and custom RBAC for database Service Accounts.
• Deep knowledge of advanced Postgre
  
  SQL HA concepts (e.g., streaming replication, Repmgr/Patroni) and Mongo
  
  DB sharding and replication, specifically how they are implemented and configured via Helm values.
• Experience managing database infrastructure on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Highly proficient in scripting (Bash/Python) and using Git Ops principles to manage infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Strong grasp of database performance tuning, scaling concepts, and optimizing SQL/Aggregation queries.
• Container Orchestration Experience with production databases is mandatory.

The talent and dedication of our employees are at the core of Data Robot’s journey to be an iconic company. We strive to attract and retain the best talent by providing competitive pay and benefits with our employees’ well-being at the core. Here’s what your benefits package may include depending on your location and local legal requirements:
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Flexible Time Off Program, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!

• Wow Our Customers
• Set High Standards
• Be Better Than Yesterday
• Be Rigorous
• Assume Positive Intent
• Have the Tough Conversations
• Be Better Together
• Debate, Decide, Commit
• Deliver Results
• Over communicate

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