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Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Remote, Madrid·Added 2 months ago

Cloudlinux

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Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Per the ad.

  • Fully remote

    Per the ad.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    Cloudlinux doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Mid-level role.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • A focus on professional development.
  • Interesting and challenging projects.
  • Fully remote work with flexible working hours, which allows you to schedule your day and work from any location worldwide.
  • Paid 24 days of vacation per year, 10 days of national holidays, and unlimited sick leaves.
  • Compensation for private medical insurance.
  • Co-working and gym/sports reimbursement.
  • Budget for education.
  • The opportunity to receive a reward for the most innovative idea that the company can patent.

Requirements

What we're looking for

PostgreSQL is the main requirement. ClickHouse experience is a strong plus, but it is not a day-one blocker. We need a senior engineer with enough database, Linux, automation, and incident-response depth to learn our ClickHouse environment quickly and operate it safely.

  • Deep hands-on PostgreSQL experience in business-critical production environments, typically 5+ years or equivalent depth.
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals and operations: MVCC, WAL, transactions, locks, indexes, query planning, replication, autovacuum, bloat, major upgrades, backups, PITR, and restore testing.
  • Proven experience with highly available databases and the ability to reason about quorum, split-brain risk, failover, rollback, and recovery.
  • MongoDB replica sets and Percona Backup for MongoDB.
  • Strong Linux and infrastructure fundamentals: systemd, networking, storage, filesystems, CPU/memory/disk bottlenecks, TLS, DNS, firewalls, and root-cause troubleshooting.
  • Automation skills with Ansible and scripting. Terraform/OpenTofu, GitLab CI/CD, and merge-request based delivery are strong advantages.
  • Ability to support more than one database engine. You do not need to be a ClickHouse expert on day one, but you must be ready to learn it quickly and take responsibility for it.
  • Practical use of AI engineering assistants such as Claude and Codex. We expect you to use them to improve speed and quality, while personally verifying generated SQL, commands, scripts, and operational conclusions.
  • English - upper-intermediate or higher - to ensure clear communication of progress within the teams.

Nice to have

  • ClickHouse operations: replication, Keeper/ZooKeeper, MergeTree engines, distributed DDL, grants, row policies, backups, query troubleshooting, and cluster recovery.
  • Redis/Sentinel and broker/cache failure modes.
  • Database observability, SLOs, golden signals, alert tuning, and executable incident runbooks.
  • Building internal platforms, self-service portals, or DBaaS workflows for engineering teams.

The role

We are hiring a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join the Infrastructure DBA cell. This is a hands-on production ownership role, not a narrow ticket-processing DBA position. You will keep critical database services reliable, automate repeated work, support engineering teams, and reduce single-person dependency in our PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MongoDB, and Redis operations.

What you'll do

  • Own production PostgreSQL reliability: HA design, Patroni, PgBouncer, replication, failover, upgrades, vacuum/bloat control, query tuning, locks, indexes, capacity, backups, PITR, and restore validation.
  • Improve disaster recovery and operational evidence: tested restores, documented recovery paths, measurable RTO/RPO targets, runbooks, and safe maintenance plans.
  • Support the wider database estate: ClickHouse, MongoDB, and Redis. You will troubleshoot incidents, review access and data-safety changes, improve monitoring, and learn the production ClickHouse patterns already in use.
  • Automate DBA workflows with Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, GitLab CI/CD, scripts, and reproducible runbooks for provisioning, grants, backups, restores, health checks, and ownership metadata.
  • Help build DBaaS-style self-service capabilities so engineering teams can request databases, access, credentials, and operational checks with less manual DBA intervention.
  • Improve observability and incident response through Grafana, metrics, logs, SLOs, alert rules, Opsgenie routing, and clear communication during production issues.

What Success Looks Like

  • PostgreSQL clusters have tested backup and restore paths, useful dashboards, clear ownership, and documented failover procedures.
  • Repeated DBA tickets become automation or self-service workflows.
  • ClickHouse operational knowledge is no longer a single-person dependency.
  • Database incidents have owners, runbooks, evidence, and measurable recovery paths.
  • Product and engineering teams get database help faster without sacrificing safety, auditability, or reliability.

About Cloudlinux

CloudLinux is a software company that develops operating systems and security solutions for Linux-based hosting environments. Its flagship product, CloudLinux OS, is a commercial Linux distribution designed for shared hosting providers, offering enhanced security, stability, and performance through features like LVE (Lightweight Virtual Environment) and KernelCare, which provides live kernel patching without reboots. The company also offers products like Imunify360 for server security and KernelCare for enterprise systems, serving a global customer base of hosting companies and data centers.

CloudLinux has a significant presence in Spain, with a development office in Valencia, which is a key hub for its engineering teams. The company is known for its remote-first work culture, allowing employees to work from anywhere, and it actively hires international talent for roles in engineering, security, and infrastructure. For international professionals, CloudLinux offers a collaborative environment with a focus on open-source technologies and cutting-edge systems software, making it an attractive option for those seeking remote work in the tech industry.

Founded
2009
Employees
200–500
Headquarters
Palo Alto, USA
In Spain
Valencia

Good to know if you are moving

  • CloudLinux offers fully remote positions, allowing employees to work from anywhere in the world, including Spain.
  • The company has a development office in Valencia, Spain, which serves as a hub for engineering and security teams.
  • CloudLinux is known for its focus on open-source technologies and contributions to the Linux ecosystem, which can be appealing for developers.
  • The company provides a flexible work environment with a strong emphasis on work-life balance and professional growth.
  • International hires can expect a collaborative culture with team members distributed across multiple time zones.

In their own words

About the company & team

CloudLinux / TuxCare is a remote-first infrastructure and security company. More than 300 engineers build and operate products used by hosting providers, enterprises, and internal service teams worldwide. Our Infrastructure Department runs the platforms behind CloudLinux OS, Imunify, KernelCare, TuxCare ELS, and our engineering systems.

  • You will work on real production infrastructure used across CloudLinux and TuxCare products.
  • You will have a direct impact on reliability, incident response, developer experience, and operational resilience.
  • You will also work in an AI-assisted engineering culture where automation, documentation, Claude, Codex, and careful human verification are part of the daily operating model.

Additional information

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