Staff Infrastructure Reliability Engineer - Database & Storage

Please submit your application by July 31, 2026 to be considered for this

position. Applications received after this date may not be reviewed. The

preferred location is Hybrid from either our Seattle, San Francisco, or Detroit

offices. Fully remote is available for highly qualified, US based candidates

outside of these locations. The Staff Infrastructure Reliability Engineer is

responsible for the technical leadership of Redfin’s production database and

storage systems. They will work with the database team manager and other

database and storage engineers to develop and execute a strategy that supports

system reliability and maintainability. They will help lead the team’s strategy

as we expand the database and storage technologies available to Redfin

engineers. The Staff Infrastructure Reliability Engineer will also collaborate

with senior engineers and leaders across Redfin and partner companies to solve

large-scale problems. This role requires depth in design, collaboration with

internal teams, a proactive approach to problem solving, and the ability to

share complex ideas with senior leadership and secure their support. About the

Role You will help lead the database and storage strategy at Redfin, including

architecture, management, and access patterns. You will lead complex technical

discussions with a variety of audiences, including software and systems

engineers and business leaders. You will architect & lead implementation of

cloud database and storage systems with a focus on reliability, observability,

scalability, and security. You will support large scale / high volume databases

both as self-managed and specialized AWS managed offerings, including management

activities, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration. You will use and

evangelize approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create

code. You will plan and participate in high availability and disaster recovery

planning/drills. You will lead incident resolution, including performing root

causes analyses. You will use your systems knowledge to promote scaling and

performance for services across Redfin and some partner companies. You will

participate in an on-call rotation for about one week per month. About You 7+

years of experience managing systems in AWS or a similar cloud environment,

including compute and storage with an emphasis on solution development and

execution. 5+ years of experience with at least one, but preferably more, of the

following: PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS; AWS Aurora/RDS; AWS S3; Elasticache;

Opensearch; DynamoDB. You have a proven history in architecting, building,

scaling, and supporting cloud infrastructure technologies, specializing in

database and storage services and can communicate the direct business impact of

this work. You have extensive experience with Linux administration and Linux

scripting, including Python script development. You are an experienced mentor of

other engineers with the ability to guide a team of engineers to identify and

implement solutions to difficult problems. You’re committed to best practices

that set your team up for long-term success, including infrastructure as code,

configuration management tooling, and security practices. Deep knowledge and

professional use of at least one AI code generation tool, such as Anthropic

Claude Code, GitHub CoPilot, Cursor, or similar to implement key efficiencies

for cloud infrastructure. You have excellent communication skills that allow you

to connect and influence your immediate team up through senior leadership You

understand and can implement core reliability principles, including monitoring,

alerting, and incident management. What you’ll get Our team members fuel our

strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not

just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support

you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live

your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health

benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back.

Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks. About us Redfin is

revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful

software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the

home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our

award-winning website and mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a

highly visible, customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a

collaborative environment, join our team! This job description is an outline of

the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the

discretion of the company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not

based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental

disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or

veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with

disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants

requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or

participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human

Resources team, at [email protected]. The compensation information below is

provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements.

The compensation for this position is $180,100.00-$278,700.00. The position may

also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related

benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits,

401K retirement plan, and paid-time off. More information regarding these

benefits and others can be found here. The information regarding compensation

and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company’s current, good

faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to

modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive

discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future

reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position,

that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no

event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below

the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles

County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or

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