Platform Engineer (Databases & Storage)

As a Platform Engineer specializing in Databases and Storage at WorldLabs, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust database and storage solutions that drive our innovative platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and security of our data systems.

Welcome to Demandbase:Demandbase is pioneering the only AI-driven pipeline platform that empowers go-to-market (GTM) teams to automate robust growth at scale. Our platform offers a cohesive view of data, insights, actions, and outcomes, enabling B2B enterprises to effectively align and execute their account-based GTM strategies with assurance. Trusted by thousands of businesses, Demandbase maximizes revenue, minimizes waste, and streamlines data and tech stacks—all within a single platform.We are dedicated to nurturing careers just as much as we are to developing cutting-edge technology. Our commitment extends to our people, culture, and the community surrounding us. Demandbase has been consistently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area by Fortune and one of the 60 Best Companies to Sell For by Selling Power. Our offices are located in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Seattle, India, and the United Kingdom.Role OverviewAs a Senior Database Platform Engineer, you will architect, develop, and enhance scalable database platforms that support Demandbase’s cloud-native applications. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of database reliability by integrating automation, observability, and compliance into database provisioning, operation, and scalability across AWS environments.This is a senior individual contributor role requiring strong technical ownership and the ability to influence cross-functional teams. You will lead a global Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) organization, collaborate closely with product and platform teams, and modernize legacy database systems while facilitating a transition towards service-owned, self-service models.Note: The base compensation range for this position applies to candidates based in San Francisco, CA. For all other locations, the compensation range is determined by the primary work location of the candidate. Actual compensation packages are tailored to each candidate and depend on various factors, including skillset, years of experience, and depth of expertise.

Founded in 2007, Airbnb has evolved from a simple idea of welcoming guests into a home to a global community of over 5 million hosts. With more than 2 billion guest arrivals across nearly every country, we provide unique stays and experiences that foster authentic connections between guests and communities.Join Our Community:The Online Data organization at Airbnb is dedicated to enhancing customer experiences through real-time data insights. We enable our builders to craft exceptional experiences by providing user-friendly data interfaces and tools, eliminating the need for database expertise.Your Impact:As the Engineering Manager for the Control Plane team within the Distributed Transactional Database organization, you will lead a diverse group of talented software engineers. Your mission will be to develop robust and automated software solutions for database operations, ensuring seamless integration of our open-source database with Airbnb’s Compute, Networking, and Security infrastructures.Here are some key control plane services your team will manage:Orchestration logic to oversee the lifecycle of database storage, compute, and metadata management nodes. (Blog link)An operator that automates cluster provisioning, operations, and restoration.Configuration management that identifies and rectifies unexpected configuration drifts.Open-source Developer Experience: Streamlining the development and testing processes for open-source projects including image building, CICD, and performance certification.

Join Cloudflare as a Database Reliability Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our database systems. You will work collaboratively with our engineering teams to develop, implement, and maintain robust database solutions that support our mission of making the internet safer and faster.Your responsibilities will include monitoring database performance, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing queries to enhance system efficiency. If you are passionate about databases and eager to make an impact in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply!

Join our dynamic team at Lambda as a Staff Storage Engineer. In this role, you will leverage your expertise to design, implement, and maintain scalable storage solutions that drive our innovative cloud services. Your contributions will be pivotal in enhancing our infrastructure and ensuring optimal performance for our clients.

About CartesiaAt Cartesia, we are on a mission to revolutionize artificial intelligence by creating interactive intelligence that is accessible and effective in any environment. We have identified a gap in current AI capabilities; existing models struggle to continuously process extensive streams of audio, video, and text data. Our vision is to bridge this gap by developing pioneering model architectures.Founded by PhD experts from the Stanford AI Lab, we are the creators of State Space Models (SSMs), a groundbreaking approach to training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team merges profound expertise in model innovation with systems engineering and product design to deliver advanced models and user experiences.Backed by leading investors such as Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with an array of esteemed advisors, we are well-positioned to push the boundaries of AI.About the RoleWe are seeking a talented Software Engineer specializing in database systems to architect and scale Cartesia’s data infrastructure. You will play a crucial role in implementing robust data governance and developing user-friendly, secure database tools that empower both engineers and non-engineers.Your ImpactDesign and enhance database platforms to ensure scalability to over 100 times current capacity while maintaining uptime, latency, and accuracy.Construct data storage architectures that function seamlessly across various environments including AWS, GCP, on-premises systems, and third-party deployments.Facilitate accelerated development across the organization by providing high-quality database tools and resources to both technical and non-technical users.Implement secure access control mechanisms to ensure sensitive data is restricted to authorized personnel only.Develop scalable data governance systems focused on permissions, auditing, and compliance, utilizing IAM policies, ACLs, and security controls across a large user base.What You BringExpertise with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, along with experience using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.A proven history of managing database systems during periods of rapid growth in dynamic environments.

Role overview Scale AI seeks a Database Engineer to strengthen and refine its data infrastructure. The position centers on designing, building, and maintaining database systems that deliver high availability and dependable performance. What you will do Design and implement database solutions that align with business requirements Maintain and tune database systems to ensure reliability and speed Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to improve data processing and management Location This role is based in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY.

Join our dynamic team at 360 IT Professionals as a Senior Database Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive knowledge of SQL to design, implement, and optimize robust database solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and support the organization’s data-driven decision-making.As a Senior Database Engineer, your responsibilities will include developing complex SQL queries, ensuring database performance, and implementing best practices for data management. You will also play a key role in mentoring junior engineers and sharing your expertise throughout the organization.

Crusoe Technologies is seeking a Senior Storage Systems Engineer to help shape and improve storage infrastructure in San Francisco, CA. This position centers on designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced storage solutions for the company’s computing environment. Role overview This engineer will focus on optimizing storage systems to support Crusoe’s technology platform. The work involves both hands-on technical tasks and strategic planning to ensure storage meets current and future needs. What you will do Design storage architectures that enable reliable and efficient data access Implement and maintain storage solutions to support high availability Monitor and improve storage performance across systems Contribute expertise to enhance data storage capabilities Requirements Experience designing and maintaining storage systems Proven ability to optimize performance and ensure availability Strong technical background in storage technologies

Join DigitalOcean and unleash your potential in one of the most rewarding careers in the cloud industry. Collaborate with a dynamic community of highly skilled professionals dedicated to creating the most user-friendly, scalable cloud solutions. If you possess a growth mindset, enjoy thinking innovatively, and thrive in a fast-paced setting, you will feel at home here. We prioritize teamwork, continuous learning, enjoyment, and significantly impacting the lives of creators and innovators around the globe.As a Principal Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and management of advanced, scalable, high-availability database solutions, including both relational (Managed MySQL, Postgres) and non-relational (MongoDB) managed services capable of handling petabytes of data. You will drive the architectural vision, ensure technical excellence, and foster innovation in both backend systems and customer interactions.

Join Cloudflare as a Distributed Systems Engineer and help us build and maintain our innovative Data Platform. In this role, you'll be working on our Analytical Database Platform, focusing on enhancing data processing and storage technologies to support our global client base. If you are passionate about distributing systems and enjoy solving complex problems, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Join Anthropic as a Staff+ Software Engineer focusing on Databases, where you'll be at the forefront of our innovative technology solutions. You'll work closely with a collaborative team to design, implement, and maintain robust database systems that empower our AI models and enhance user experience. Your expertise will contribute significantly to our mission of advancing AI safety and usability.

Join Lambda, Inc. as a Senior Storage Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust storage solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize storage performance and ensure data integrity. Your expertise will be crucial in enhancing our storage architecture to meet the growing demands of our clients.

Join Cloudflare as a Distributed Systems Engineer specializing in our Data Platform. In this role, you will be at the forefront of building and optimizing systems that enhance data delivery, database management, and retrieval processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to innovate and improve our platform, ensuring seamless data access and performance.This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to impact the way data is processed and utilized across our platform.

We are seeking a talented and driven Distributed Systems Engineer to join our dynamic Data Platform team at Cloudflare. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and help shape the future of data delivery, database management, and retrieval systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, reliable, and efficient distributed systems that power our services.

About Our Team:Join the innovative Database Systems team at OpenAI, where we specialize in high-performance distributed databases. We are the architects behind Rockset, a cutting-edge real-time search, analytics, and vector database that powers all vector search and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) at OpenAI. Rockset underpins core functionalities across all OpenAI product lines and supports various critical internal applications.About the Role:We are in search of engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, performance optimization at a low level (with our core engine developed in C++), and constructing scalable database infrastructures from scratch. As a member of the Database Systems team, you will play a key role in enhancing the core database engine, making significant contributions to ingestion, query execution, indexing, and storage improvements. You will collaborate with multiple teams across OpenAI to unlock new product capabilities and ensure the reliability and scalability of our online database as usage expands exponentially.Your Responsibilities Will Include:Design, develop, and maintain high-performance distributed systems.Identify and address performance bottlenecks to elevate infrastructure capabilities.Define and guide the long-term technical vision and evolution of the system.Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver robust and scalable infrastructure.Investigate complex production issues across the entire technology stack.Contribute to incident response, retrospective analyses, and establishing best practices for system reliability.You Will Excel In This Role If You:Possess substantial experience in building, scaling, and optimizing distributed systems.Exhibit a keen interest in database internals, storage engines, or low-latency query systems.Enjoy tackling complex performance challenges in high-throughput systems.Have experience managing and operating production clusters at scale (e.g., Kubernetes or similar orchestration tools).Approach scalability, correctness, and reliability with a rigorous mindset.Thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can make a significant impact.Qualifications:4+ years of relevant industry experience with a focus on distributed systems.Proficiency in C++ or similar low-level programming languages.Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools.Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Reliability Engineer to join our innovative team at Redwood Materials. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of our cutting-edge energy storage systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement reliability engineering strategies that enhance product performance and longevity.

Rithum™ stands as the leading commerce network globally, revolutionizing the collaboration between brands, suppliers, and retailers to create frictionless e-commerce experiences. Our platform empowers brands and retailers to drive exponential growth, streamline operations across various channels, scale product offerings, and improve profit margins. Today, over 40,000 companies trust Rithum to enhance their business across numerous channels, collectively representing over $50 billion in annual GMV. With our comprehensive commerce, marketing, and delivery solutions, our clients craft optimized consumer shopping experiences from start to finish. Overview The Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team at Rithum is crucial in ensuring the availability, reliability, and observability of our database systems. We leverage automation to minimize manual tasks while constantly seeking enhancements to our processes. Our team manages and optimizes an extensive SQL Server environment that spans hundreds of instances across a hybrid infrastructure (on-prem VMware and AWS), in addition to various relational and NoSQL database platforms such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Postgres, and Redis. These systems are integral to all facets of our operations. Our team thrives on a robust culture of curiosity, transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning. As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will embody these values and cultivate them within your team. You will oversee diverse database systems and design and lead your projects with a technical focus.

About Redwood MaterialsAt Redwood Materials, we are revolutionizing the battery supply chain by focusing on recovery, reuse, and recycling. Our mission is to keep essential minerals circulating and facilitate the energy transition. Since our founding in 2017, we have been at the forefront of delivering cost-effective, large-scale energy storage solutions and producing battery materials domestically—utilizing the batteries we already possess.Service Engineer, Energy StoragePosition Summary:Redwood Materials is on the lookout for a dedicated Service Engineer to become an integral part of our newly established engineering team focused on the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) product line. In this role, you will play a crucial part in diagnosing and resolving intricate technical challenges associated with our deployed BESS. You will support the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team by conducting routine monitoring, preventive maintenance, and first-line troubleshooting. As part of the Service Engineering team, you will act as the technical escalation resource for O&M, responsible for in-depth diagnostics, system-level failure analysis, and implementing engineering-driven corrective measures.The Service Engineer ensures the safe, reliable, and optimal performance of our assets by acting as a liaison between field operations and engineering. You will translate operational challenges into engineering solutions and provide valuable feedback from the field to enhance product and system design. This position also offers the potential for leadership growth as the team expands.The ideal candidate is self-motivated, adaptable to a dynamic startup environment, and ready to tackle both technical and leadership challenges.

P-97 At Databricks, we are on a mission to fundamentally simplify the entire data lifecycle—from ingestion and ETL to BI and ultimately to ML/AI—through a unified platform. We envision a future where the traditional data warehouse architecture is transformed by an innovative architectural model known as the Lakehouse (CIDR 2021 paper). This open platform merges data warehousing with advanced analytics, effectively addressing critical challenges such as data staleness, reliability, total cost of ownership, data lock-in, and limited use-case support. A key component in realizing this vision is the development of a next-generation decoupled query engine and structured storage system that surpasses the performance of specialized data warehouses while maintaining the flexibility of general-purpose systems like Spark™ to cater to a wide range of workloads, from ETL processes to data science applications. As a vital member of our team, you will engage in the design and implementation of these next-generation systems that aim to leapfrog the current state-of-the-art in the following areas: Query compilation and optimization Distributed query execution and scheduling Vectorized execution engine Data security Resource management Transaction coordination Efficient storage structures (encodings, indexes) Automatic physical data optimization