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Staff Database Engineer
$160K–$262K
San Jose, California, United States of America +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States of America
Austin, Texas, United States of America - Experience
- 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Leads the design, automation, and operation of Venmo’s cloud-native database platforms, improving their availability, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
What you'll do
- Coordinate engineering work and set technical tasks and standards for projects or systems.
- Design, implement, automate, and operate database systems; improve service reliability, scalability, and operational processes.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with leadership, infrastructure, and product teams to align platform work with business goals.
What they ask for
- Expertise in relational and non-relational database design and operations.
- Expertise with programming and scripting.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with tools such as AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical issues to non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- AWS Solutions Architect certification.
- Experience mentoring and developing leads and engineers.
Pay
USD $176,500.00 - $262,350.00 annually (base pay; San Jose, California); USD $160,500.00 - $238,700.00 annually (base pay; Austin, Texas)
Tools
AWS CLI, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Python, Java, Bash
AI focus
Drive operational excellence through automation and AI-driven optimization.
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