# Staff Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) at Huntress

- Company: Huntress
- What the company does: Stop cyberattacks with the Huntress Managed Platform. Get 24/7 SOC-backed EDR, ITDR, SIEM, & Security Awareness Training for enterprise-grade protection across all your environments. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sapphire.
- Company website: https://huntress.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States of America
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $215K to $245K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/huntress/jobs/8040554003?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/huntress-staff-database-reliability-engineer-dbre/

## About the role

Huntress is growing our SRE Engineering team and is looking for an experienced engineer who is passionate about stability, resilience, and scalability. You’ll be joining a high-performing team responsible for proactively building, monitoring, and implementing the databases that are a core part of the Huntress Security Platform and supporting our millions of installed endpoint agents. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years experience with scaling, configuration, maintenance and management of PostgreSQL clusters in production environments
- Expertise in designing, implementing, and supporting replication (e.g., streaming replication, logical replication), failover mechanisms, and robust backup/recovery strategies
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL's core architecture, including the WAL, transaction management, locking mechanisms, and the role of background processes like autovacuum
- Extensive hands-on experience managing and maintaining large-scale (Terabyte-level or high-transaction volume) PostgreSQL databases in a live, 24/7 production environment
- Experience with observability tools like DataDog, NewRelic, etc. (any tooling is fine)
- Deep experience of tuning critical performance parameters

Tags: Platform Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/huntress-staff-database-reliability-engineer-dbre/