# Staff Database Engineer at TensorWave

- Company: TensorWave
- What the company does: Power AI workloads with AMD Instinct™ GPUs. Scale models faster with high-performance, dedicated cloud compute.
- Company website: https://tensorwave.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-06-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tensorwave/05cf7bbf-7dfc-475d-96fe-fd4da15a2564
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tensorwave-staff-database-engineer/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Staff Database Engineer to join our team during an exciting phase of growth. In this role, you’ll be responsible for database architecture, database reliability, infrastructure-adjacent database platforms, performance engineering, observability, automation, operational maturity, incident response, and engineering leadership, working closely with cross-functional partners to support business objectives while upholding our standards for excellence, collaboration, and impact.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of production database engineering, database administration, or database architecture experience
- Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments
- Strong hands-on experience with MySQL, Percona, or equivalent relational database platforms
- Experience designing and operating highly available database systems
- Experience with replication, failover, backup, restore, and disaster recovery validation
- Deep SQL performance tuning experience, including execution plan analysis, index design, query rewrite, schema optimization, lock contention troubleshooting, storage and I/O analysis

Tags: Engineering