Engineering Manager, Database

$180,000 - $230,000/Yr

Braze - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Manager

Hybrid - San Francisco, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As an Engineering Manager at Braze, you will lead the Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team, responsible for maintaining and enhancing the database systems that support Braze's platform. This role combines traditional database administration with software engineering, focusing on improving performance, availability, and automation of database infrastructure, primarily using MongoDB and PostgreSQL. You will collaborate with engineering teams to architect scalable solutions, ensure compliance with enterprise-grade SLAs, and foster a thriving team environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Braze's engineering teams to architect products that effectively utilize infrastructure platforms in a scalable and reliable manner.
• Ensure that Braze meets strict enterprise-grade SLAs by building products that exceed those SLAs.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to manage incidents within your product scope and provide support for other engineers.
• Manage projects through the standard project management process.
• Work on small technical changes and improvements outside the blocking path.
• Foster an environment where team members thrive and the team executes well.

Requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps/SRE/DBRE Management or related experience with increasing responsibilities.
• 5+ years of experience running MongoDB or PostgreSQL at scale.
• Proven ability in people management, strategic planning, cost optimization, and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• History of growing and mentoring team members with varying experience levels.
• Demonstrated success in risk and change management, observability, and maintaining service level objectives.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• High level of ownership and accountability for high-quality work and documentation.
• Comfortable with resource allocation and strong technical background with MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Postgres, or similar data technologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with automation tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of data security and compliance best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation that may include equity.
• Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability.
• Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave.
• Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and tuition reimbursement.
• Community engagement opportunities throughout the year, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week.
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze.