Altruist

Staff Database Administrator

Altruist · San Francisco, CA

Posted 8 days ago

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This role has been open
8 days
Altruist's roles stay open a median of 36 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
10% of Altruist's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Altruist
high
33 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
2026-09-17

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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.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
5/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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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

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Listed by Altruist on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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