Senior Database Administrator

Braze seeks a Senior Database Administrator to join its Platform Engineering division. The successful candidate will operate, scale, and secure Braze's internal MongoDB platform, which supports product-critical features, internal systems, and distributed services.

Responsibilities

• Operate production MongoDB clusters running in Kubernetes across multiple regions and clouds
• Monitor cluster health, performance, replication, and storage usage, and proactively address degradation
• Debug and resolve availability, latency, or data consistency issues in partnership with SREs
• Participate in on-call rotations as a subject matter expert for MongoDB infrastructure
• Automate routine operations such as database user management, cluster scaling, version upgrades, and backup restores
• Maintain and improve internal tooling used for MongoDB observability, lifecycle management, and access control
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering on Kubernetes-based deployment patterns and GitOps workflows
• Implement and maintain point-in-time recovery, daily snapshots, and cross-region backup strategies
• Regularly validate restores and participate in resilience exercises and disaster recovery planning
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to ensure backups meet RTO/RPO targets and audit requirements
• Assist product engineering teams with schema design, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
• Promote internal best practices for efficient queries, data modeling, and shard key design
• Document operational runbooks, configuration standards, and performance baselines

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
• Experience with GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD) is a plus

Nice to Have

• Experience with other database platforms (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB)
• Familiarity with security best practices and compliance frameworks like SOX or SOC 2
• Contributions to open source MongoDB tooling or community forums

What We Offer

• 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 a yearly learning stipend
• A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
• Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®