Senior Database Engineer

At Bluebeam, we empower people to advance the way the world is built. We create smart software solutions that make construction sites more efficient, connected and safe and improve the lives of design and construction professionals everywhere.

The Senior Cloud Database Engineer is responsible for ensuring the scalability, performance and reliability of cloud-based database solutions. This role focuses on leveraging automation and modern practices to optimize database operations and support the development of new services and features.

Collaboration with cross‑functional teams will also be required to align database architecture with evolving business and technical requirements that will impact the next generation of Bluebeam’s cloud‑native solutions.

• Develop database‑centric automation, utilizing infrastructure as Code (IAC), CI/CD processes, and robust scripting that will be consumed by the entire engineering organization.
• Review database and infrastructure components for automation opportunities, and work with teams to plan and schedule improvements.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Dev Ops teams as an SME, promoting cloud database best practices.
• Support, mentor and collaborate with Engineering and Dev Ops team members.
• Contribute to larger scope architectural discussions to identify preferred solutions for our unified cloud platform. This will involve timely decision‑making, project estimation and extensive analysis.
• Support legacy technologies and be a driving force to migrate them to new cloud‑native solutions.
• Improve existing incident response processes and introduce new alerting and monitoring to remediate production issues efficiently.
• Participate in an on‑call SME rotation to support production databases and essential infrastructure.

• 10+ years supporting general database solutions.
• 8‑10 years of experience with a variety of cloud‑native database solutions, such as Aurora, Dynamo
  
  DB, Document
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, and Elasticache.
• Experience with a variety of cloud‑native database/storage solutions, such as AWS Aurora, Dynamo
  
  DB, Document
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, Elasticache, and S3.
• Experience with Data Lake/Data Warehouse best practices, implementation, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize Snowflake database instances and workflows with an understanding of real‑world challenges and solutions.
• Automation experience using scripting tools like Python and Bash, in addition to standardized template approaches like Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Experience with planning, implementing, and supporting highly scalable cloud database solutions.
• Knowledge of database security and compliance best practices.
• Comfortable with a Dev Ops mindset, i.e. database solutions should be implemented with a focus on source control, automation, and disaster recovery.

• People‑focused, entrepreneurial culture with the backing of a stable, global, corporate entity – Nemetschek.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • 100% paid medical premiums for employees, 80% paid for dependents.
  • Fully vested 401K right from the day you start.
  • Generous PTO, including sick/mental health & volunteer days.
  • Free & unlimited access to Better Up Care, a well‑being platform.
• Work‑life balance fostered through a culture of diversity, inclusion, and appreciation of individual lifestyle needs.
• Opportunity for continuous professional development
  • Free & unlimited access to Linked In Learning.
  • Up to $5K annual education reimbursement (after 1 year tenure).

Below is our DEIBA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility) mission statement:

Bluebeam is committed to building an inclusive environment in which everyone, regardless of background, has an opportunity to experience a deep sense of belonging. Each of our unique perspectives amplifies our collective power, and by encouraging diverse perspectives in an environment infused with mutual respect, we arrive at better solutions. And when we bring the best version of ourselves to work, we can make our best contributions to the global community of people who build our world.

About Bluebeam

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