Senior Platform Engineer - Database Systems

Quizlet

🇺🇸In-Person - San Francisco, CA$193K–$232K/yr5mo ago

K-12 Engineering Backend Development Data Engineering Cloud Computing Devops Database Systems

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Summary

Senior Platform Engineer role focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale database infrastructures at Quizlet to support millions of students' learning experiences. You'll ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability across Cloud Spanner, PlanetScale MySQL, and BigQuery.

Key Responsibilities: Design and maintain large-scale database systems, improve reliability through automation and query optimization, collaborate with product and infrastructure teams on architecture, build monitoring dashboards in Datadog, and participate in on-call rotations with post-incident improvements.

Skills & Tools: 5+ years of database engineering experience with hands-on management of MySQL (PlanetScale preferred), Cloud Spanner, or BigQuery; proficiency in Go or Python for automation; familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, and caching systems like Redis or Memcached; strong problem-solving and cross-team collaboration abilities.

Qualifications: 5+ years in database engineering or platform infrastructure with demonstrated expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and high-availability design. Production experience with at least one of the following databases: MySQL, Cloud Spanner, or BigQuery.

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States (minimum 3 days per week onsite: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Compensation: $192,500 – $231,600/year