Database Reliability Engineer
As a Database Reliability Engineer, you will support the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of the database infrastructure powering one of the most demanding real-time platforms in sports betting and gaming. In this role, you will combine deep database expertise with software engineering and infrastructure automation to build resilient, self-healing systems, improve platform performance, and drive reliability across cloud and on-premises database environments.
The role involves working with a diverse stack of database technologies and leveraging modern automation and AI tools to reduce operational toil. The engineer will partner closely with application teams to ensure safe database practices and high-performance outcomes for large-scale systems.
- Drive database reliability across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ScyllaDB, Aerospike, and managed cloud services by supporting high availability, replication, partitioning, storage, and connection management.
- Build and enhance automation-first database platforms by developing Kubernetes operators, infrastructure as code, GitOps workflows, and production-quality tooling in Go or Python to automate provisioning, failover, backups, schema migrations, and lifecycle management.
- Build self-healing, fault-tolerant infrastructure and internal tooling that reduces operational toil, improves engineering efficiency, and simplifies day-to-day database operations.
- Optimize database performance and cost across cloud and on-premises environments by supporting capacity planning, resource efficiency, storage optimization, workload consolidation, and performance tuning for large-scale systems.
- Partner closely with application engineering teams to promote safe database practices, including schema reviews, migration strategies, query optimization, connection management, and zero-downtime deployment processes.
- Leverage AI to improve engineering productivity and database operations through intelligent observability, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, documentation, predictive insights, and evaluation of AI-generated code to ensure reliability and security.
- At least 2 years of experience in Database Reliability Engineering, Database Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related infrastructure engineering role with a strong database focus. (required)
- Experience supporting at least one major relational database, preferably Aurora MySQL, along with operational experience working with technologies such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ScyllaDB, Aurora, or other managed cloud database services. (required)
- Experience building and operating stateful workloads on Kubernetes using technologies such as StatefulSets, Persistent Volumes, database operators, Terraform, Pulumi, FluxCD, ArgoCD, GKE, or EKS. (required)
- Hands-on software development experience using Go or Python to build automation, platform tooling, Kubernetes controllers, APIs, and infrastructure that reduces manual effort and improves engineering efficiency. (required)
- An automation-first, data-driven mindset with experience improving reliability through observability, monitoring, service level objectives, capacity planning, performance optimization, and self-service engineering solutions. (required)
- Practical experience using AI tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, MCP, or similar technologies to improve design, coding, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational workflows while applying sound engineering judgment to validate AI-generated outputs. (required)
- US base salary range of 112,000.00 USD - 140,000.00 USD, plus bonus and equity.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellbeing program featuring free therapy sessions via Lyra, the Calm App, and virtual yoga classes.
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support.
- Partnership with Care.com for backup childcare.
- Family planning support including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
- Flexible PTO for US employees.
- Pet insurance.
- Gym membership reimbursement.
- Financial planning resources including 401(k) matching and Origin Financial.
- Commuter benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.