or apply directly on Altruist's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 45 days Altruist's roles stay open a median of 74 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 10% of Altruist's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Altruist
- high 77 stale, 0 reposted of 81 open
- Hiring momentum
- 98 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Altruist's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Altruist.
About this role
As a Staff Database Administrator at Altruist, you will be responsible for the reliability, performance, and resilience of a multi-terabyte Aurora PostgreSQL estate that supports a high volume of brokerage accounts and trades. Your role includes leading disaster recovery programs, architecting data movement and replication strategies, and managing database upgrades while collaborating with various teams. You will also mentor engineers and enhance automation tools for database management.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Altruist as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years operating production relational databases at scale
- Deep PostgreSQL expertise
- Hands-on experience running Aurora or RDS at multi-terabyte scale
- Proven multi-region disaster recovery design
- Practical experience with change data capture and data movement
- Comfort working as code: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes
Nice to have
- Expertise with AI best practices
- Experience splitting a monolithic database into domain-owned clusters
- MySQL, Snowflake, ElastiCache/Redis, or OpenSearch operational experience
- Kafka or Amazon MSK operations
- Experience supporting a large-scale data migration
What you get
- Competitive total compensation
- Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans
- 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting
- 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Company perks program
Worth weighing
- Hybrid schedule with three days onsite
- No specific mention of remote work options outside the one month policy
- Salary range provided, but may vary based on multiple factors
- High level of autonomy and influence in the role
Summarised from Altruist's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Altruist on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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