Software Engineer – Reliability

MySQL
UNITED STATES
October 20, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Rubrik
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $158,000—$237,000 USD

About the Role

Site Reliability Engineers at Rubrik are systems/software engineers who ensure that Rubrik’s infrastructure services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth. As part of the Rubrik Engineering team, you will work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define the next generation of products while maintaining high availability, durability, and performance of our core databases.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Database Availability & Reliability: Ensure we maintain high availability and durability of our databases and design, implement, and maintain relational database systems for performance and reliability.
  • SQL Optimization: Establish best practices for internal teams to write performant SQL queries and debug production issues.
  • Upgrades & Infrastructure: Perform periodic database upgrades minimizing downtime for customers and manage and run backend systems like Kubernetes, MySQL and everything in between.
  • Cloud Platform Scaling: Drive reliability, availability, and efficiency improvements to Rubrik’s Polaris Cloud Platform.
  • Automation & Monitoring: Build monitoring tools and automation to increase the efficiency of all teams and write and review code, plan and execute upgrades, develop documentation and capacity plans.
  • On-Call & Support: Participate in on-call rotations across continents, using a follow-the-sun model to provide 24/7 coverage.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience designing and managing relational databases with a focus on performance, scalability, reliability, high-availability, and disaster recovery.
  • Experience in database design and architecture supporting large enterprise customers with high SLO and SLA requirements.
  • Experience operating database layer of a large scale SaaS product.
  • Experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Golang, Python, Java, Scala, C++.
  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong operational experience with Unix/Linux operating systems and networking.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other public cloud technologies.
  • Minimum 1-3 years of experience as a Development, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineer.
  • U.S. citizenship at the time of hire and residence within the contiguous United States due to FedRAMP requirements.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • Strong understanding of databases is a definite plus.
  • Experience leading support personnel.
  • Experience with FedRAMP certification is strongly desired.

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Base salary range of $158,000—$237,000 USD
  • Eligible for bonus potential, equity, and comprehensive benefits

Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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