Senior Database Administrator

Braze is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join their Platform Engineering division. The successful candidate will be responsible for operating, scaling, and securing Braze's internal MongoDB platform.

Responsibilities include:

• Operating production MongoDB clusters running in Kubernetes across multiple regions and clouds
• Monitoring cluster health, performance, replication, and storage usage, and proactively addressing degradation
• Debugging and resolving availability, latency, or data consistency issues in partnership with SREs
• Participating in on-call rotations as a subject matter expert for MongoDB infrastructure
• Automating routine operations such as database user management, cluster scaling, version upgrades, and backup restores
• Maintaining and improving internal tooling used for MongoDB observability, lifecycle management, and access control
• Collaborating with Platform Engineering on Kubernetes-based deployment patterns and GitOps workflows
• Implementing and maintaining point-in-time recovery, daily snapshots, and cross-region backup strategies
• Assisting product engineering teams with schema design, indexing strategies, and performance tuning

Requirements:

• 3–5+ years of experience managing MongoDB in production environments at scale
• Strong working knowledge of replica sets, sharding, WiredTiger storage engine, oplogs, and journaling
• Experience operating MongoDB in cloud or containerized environments (Kubernetes preferred)
• Comfortable with automation and scripting in languages like Bash, Python, or Go
• Proficient with MongoDB CLI tools, Atlas APIs, and backup/restore tooling (e.g., mongodump, mongorestore, mongosh, Ops Manager)
• Familiar with observability stacks (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana) and alerting strategies

Braze offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs), competitive compensation, retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans, flexible paid time off, and comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability.