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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high-traffic production databases (Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
  • Expert knowledge in Snowflake
  • Professional experience with Terraform, AWS, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy
  • Expert-level Python and PowerShell skills; familiarity with C# and object-oriented programming (OOP)

Responsibilities

  • Automate data platform lifecycle using AI tools, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and LLM integrations to reduce routine toil and accelerate incident resolution
  • Optimize Snowflake performance and manage data warehouse packaging and testing
  • Own deep-level performance optimization for MSSQL and PostgreSQL at the server, database, and query levels
  • Automate infrastructure with Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, and manage containerized data services and stateful workloads

About the company

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Filevine

Computer Software / SaaS

Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done for law practitioners and their clients. As the leading legal work platform, Filevine is dedicated to empowering all organizations with tools to simplify and elevate complex, high-stakes legal work. Powering everything from document management and client communication to contract lifecycle management and business analytics, over 25,000 legal professionals use Filevine daily to deliver excellence in every contract, deadline, and result. Filevine is recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, has been named one of the Utah Business Fast 50 and is among the top 50 fastest-growing privately-owned software companies according to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Inc. 5000 list.Filevine believes in a brighter future where the intersection of legal work and business is made more seamless, transparent, and effortless for all legal professionals and everyone they interact with through the power of legal technology.

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size201 - 500

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Job description

Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.

Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.

Role Summary:

As a Senior DBRE, you are the guardian of our data’s performance, availability, and scalability. You aren't just managing instances; you are automating the entire lifecycle of our data platform. We are looking for an engineer who is eager to explore how AI-driven automation and MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations can take our operations to the next level—from predictive scaling to streamlining incident response. From managing mission-critical SQL Server and Postgres to provisioning via Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, you will be the backbone of our data reliability strategy.

Responsibilities
  • Automation Evolution: Proactively explore and implement AI tools, LLM integrations, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) to reduce routine database toil, optimize query performance, and accelerate incident resolution. We want a creative mind to help evolve our operational duties.
  • Modern Data Stack: Support our data warehouse ecosystem by optimizing Snowflake performance, including application packaging and testing.
  • Performance Engineering: Own the deep-level optimization of MSSQL (crucial for on-call stability) and PostgreSQL at the server, database, and query levels.
  • Capacity Planning & Cost Optimization: Forecast resource utilization across platforms. Identify cost-saving opportunities, optimize Snowflake credit usage, and right-size AWS infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Orchestration: Automate all data infrastructure using Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will manage containerized data services and stateful workloads.
  • CI/CD & Release Management: Manage and optimize deployment pipelines using GitLab and Octopus Deploy, ensuring safe, repeatable database schema changes.
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create technical documentation, including runbooks, "how-to" guides for developer self-service, and clear architectural diagrams.
  • On-Call & Triage: Serve as the subject matter expert for SQL Server, Postgres, and Snowflake in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation.

  • Qualifications
  • DBA Fundamentals: 8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high-traffic production databases, specifically Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
  • Expert knowledge in Snowflake.
  • DevOps Expertise: Professional experience with Terraform, AWS, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy.
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Expert-level knowledge of Docker and production experience running stateful applications within Kubernetes (K8s).
  • AI & Integration: Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and experience using LLMs to assist in coding or system automation.
  • Scripting & Programming: Expert-level Python and PowerShell skills. Familiarity with C# and object-oriented programming (OOP).ORM Optimization: Expert in tuning queries generated from ORMs (Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.).
  • The Data Stack: Hands-on experience with Snowflake (packaging/testing) and DynamoDB.
  • Familiarity with OpenSearch, Redis and DynamoDB.
  • Education: B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent direct work experience.
  • Compensation Information: $145k - 180k

    The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. The total compensation package for this position will be determined by each individual’s location, qualifications, education, work experience, skills and performance. We believe in the importance of pay equity - the range listed is just one component of Filevine’s total compensation package for employees. This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

    Cool Company Benefits:
    - A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive 
    - Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
    - Competitive & Fair Pay
    - Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
    - Short & long-term disability
    - Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
    - Top-of-the-line company swag

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