Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)Cover Genius • Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA

Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE)

Cover Genius • Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA

30+ days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Company Overview

Cover Genius is a Series E Insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies, including Booking Holdings, Intuit, Hopper, Skyscanner, Ryanair, and many e‑commerce giants such as Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and Shopee. Our award‑winning XCover platform embeds protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.

The Role

As a Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) on our Technology Team, your primary purpose will be to ensure the seamless and secure functioning of the datastores that support our platform. You will design solutions for large‑scale engineering challenges, such as multi‑regional scaling and data sovereignty requirements, and contribute to the reliability, availability, performance, disaster recovery, automation and security of Cover Genius databases.

Key Responsibilities

Assist application teams in selecting and optimizing datastore architectures and technologies
Optimize queries, migrations and perform other datastore performance tuning
Implement automation and reduce toil for datastore management
Deploy, upgrade and maintain datastores
Troubleshoot database‑related production incidents (On Call)
Develop, test and maintain disaster recovery procedures for datastores
Implement monitoring and alerting using key database metrics
Develop and maintain troubleshooting documentation and runbooks
Optimize and control costs of the company’s storage infrastructure
Create and refine SLOs for datastores

Qualifications

At least 5 years running major database technologies in production, especially PostgreSQL and MySQL; cloud experience ideally on AWS RDS

Understanding of SRE principles and best practices

Experience operating NoSQL datastores and cache technologies such as Elasticsearch, Redis, S3, DynamoDB, BigQuery and RabbitMQ

Excellent understanding of SQL and SQL database performance optimization

Comfortable scripting and developing internal tooling with Bash or a programming language (e.g. Python, Go)

Familiar with internals of PostgreSQL

Experience with infrastructure and configuration‑as‑code tools, especially Terraform

Experience working with Linux

Solid theoretical understanding of underlying data‑storage technologies and trade‑offs

Good knowledge of AWS and / or GCP platforms and associated best practices

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent practical experience

What You Will Bring

Strong communication and documentation skills

Curious and self‑motivated learner

Professional approach and good team member

Organizational and time‑management skills

Excellent attention to detail

Positive approach to change

Why Cover Genius

Flexible work environment – hybrid schedule with remote options and a wellness day a month

Employee Stock Options – share in the company’s success

Work with like‑minded people passionate about both work and giving back; CG Gives programs enable us to become philanthropists through peer recognition and rewards

Social initiatives – initiatives and programs that support communities and people worldwide

Benefits & Salary

Base salary range : C$135,000 – C$175,000 annually

Competitive equity package

Health, dental and vision benefits

Flexible vacation and paid time off policy

Diversity & Inclusion

Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We do not tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age or any other legally protected status. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated.

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

How to Apply

Send your resume and let’s chat! No automated decision‑making; all final hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.

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