Postgresql Engineer - Remote or onsite in either San Mateo or Ohio

Come join Upstart! We are looking for a Data Engineer with Postgres
experience.
Very supportive environment and many opportunities for growth. Here is the
official job description. Let me know if you have any questions.

*About Upstart*
Upstart is a leading AI lending platform partnering with banks to expand
access to affordable credit. As we transitioned to being a public company,
we’re now poised to leverage our domain expertise and revolutionize every
aspect of lending and credit risk evaluation. We’ve recently expanded our
offerings to include automobile refinancing and we plan to take on more
verticals as the business grows.

*The Team*

As a Database Engineer, you will own the architecture, deployment,
maintenance and performance optimizations of our production database
systems built on Postgres technology. You’ll own and develop our AWS RDS
infrastructure, including high-compliance services on AWS. You’ll also lead
the way in building tooling and automation to monitor the performance and
health of our database infrastructure and create tools for software
engineers to help them create faster applications. You’ll have wide
latitude in technology options and define our strategy for technology
operations risk mitigation, which includes disaster planning and on-call
procedures, and will report directly to our VP of Cloud Engineering.If you:

- Have 5+ years of experience in a Database Engineer/DBA role using
Postgres, preferably at a startup using AWS RDS
- Have very good command of SQL
- Have knowledge of Postgres extensions and performance optimization
techniques.
- Are familiar with Postgres scalability solutions
- Have decent knowledge of fundamental AWS building blocks (EC2, EBS,
S3, RDS, IAM, VPC)
- Are comfortable working in high-security / high-compliance
environments, such as finance or healthcare
- Have relevant technical skills (scripting, Unix command line tools)
- Have the ability to define high-level strategy for operations
monitoring and risk mitigation

*What you’ll love: *

- Competitive compensation (base + bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Personal development and technology & ergonomic budgets
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Clubs and Activities (game nights, Fitstarters, Superwomen, book club,
investing club, money discussions, photography club and basketball teams)
- Generous vacation policy
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Catered lunches + snacks & drinks

Link to full job listing -
https://www.upstart.com/careers/69255/apply?gh_jid=2597419

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