Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Overview

At PointClickCare our mission is simple : to help providers deliver exceptional care. And that starts with our people. As a leading health tech company that’s founder-led and privately held, we empower our employees to push boundaries, innovate, and shape the future of healthcare. With the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset and a Marketplace of 400+ integrated partners, our platform serves over 30,000 provider organizations, making a real difference in millions of lives. We reinvest a significant percentage of our revenue back into research and development, ensuring our employees have the resources to innovate and make a lasting impact. Recognized by Forbes as a top private cloud company and honored as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, we offer flexibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful work.

At PointClickCare, employees are the architects of a smarter healthcare future; one that is human-first and accelerated by AI to create meaningful and lasting change. Employees harness AI as a catalyst for creativity, productivity, and thoughtful decision-making. By integrating AI tools into our daily workflows, collaboration is enhanced, outcomes are improved, and every team member has the proficiency to maximize their impact. Hiring practices focus on uncovering AI expertise that complements our mission, and we continue to invest in training and development to nurture innovation throughout the employee journey.

Join us in redefining healthcare — so it doesn’t just survive, it thrives. To learn more about PointClickCare, check out Life at PointClickCare and connect with us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn.

Travel to Office expectations

For Remote Roles : If this role is remote, there will be in-office events that will require travel to and from the Mississauga and / or Salt Lake City office. These will include onboarding, team events, semi-annual and annual team meetings.

For Hybrid Roles : If this role is Hybrid, there will be an expectation to reside within commutable distance to the office / location specified in the job listing. This will include, but not limited to, weekly / bi-weekly / monthly events in the office with your specific team. This is a requirement for this role.

Job summary

The Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) is responsible for managing, building, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting the cloud-based database infrastructure that our mission critical SaaS application runs on. The DBRE role is also responsible for improving processes via automation and coding to reduce toil. They will be liaising with engineering and SRE teams to aid in bringing new products to market that require database support.

Responsibilities

• Work on observability of relevant database metrics and ensure desired database objectives are met.
• Work with DBA team to understand areas of toil. Implement automations and processes to help manage PCC's database systems at scale.
• Implement a data-driven approach to performance and availability improvements to stakeholder database systems.
• Provide database expertise to engineering and SRE teams (review of database migrations, queries, performance optimizations, standardize configurations and deployments of new database systems).
• Assist DBA team in performance troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Qualifications

Salary

$136,900 - $152,100 a year

At PointClickCare, base salary is one component of total rewards including bonus and benefits. The CAD base salary range for this position is $136,900-152,100 (not overtime eligible) + bonus + benefits. The salary ranges vary by job and location, and individual compensation is determined by skills, experience, and location. Recruiters can share more information about total rewards during the hiring process.

Benefits

It is the policy of PointClickCare to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, national origin, status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic / civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law. PointClickCare welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please contact recruitment@pointclickcare.com should you require any accommodations. As part of our commitment to a streamlined and equitable hiring experience, PointClickCare uses AI tools to assist with candidate screening and assessment. When you apply for a position, your information is processed and stored with Lever, in accordance with Lever’s Privacy Policy. We use this information to evaluate your candidacy for the posted position. We also store this information, and may use it in relation to future positions to which you apply, or which we believe may be relevant to you given your background. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your information, we will either delete or anonymize it. If you have any questions about how PointClickCare uses or processes your information, or if you would like to ask to access, correct, or delete your information, please contact PointClickCare’s human resources team : recruitment@pointclickcare.com

PointClickCare is committed to Information Security. By applying to this position, if hired, you commit to following our information security policies and procedures and making every effort to secure confidential and / or sensitive information.

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