Principal Database Reliability Engineer

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Principal Database Reliability Engineer

About this role:

As part of Udemys Platform team the Datastore Infrastructure (DSI) team is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Databases (MySQL Aurora DynamoDB) Message Queues (RabbitMQ) Streaming (Kafka) and Caching (Redis Memcache) in our infrastructure. This includes ensuring uptime security and compliance observability performance improving developers productivity and developing future growth strategies. The team is split between EU and US regions. You will play a vital role in overseeing day-to-day activities and engineering strategies of DSI ensuring that millions of students worldwide achieve greater learning and career outcomes on Udemy. We value teamwork a good sense of humor strong ownership technological curiosity and a desire to learn.

To be successful in this role you will collaborate closely with engineering product and a diverse set of stakeholders around the world. You are not just interested in maintaining systems but also writing the software that maintains them. You strongly believe in a no-blame culture and advocate for humane on-call practices. You constantly seek opportunities for improvement and thrive in an environment where you can drive positive change.

What youll be doing:

• Lead improvement projects for our datastores and platform teams to align with the companys long term objectives.
• Maintain Infrastructure Uptime monitor performance and ensure infrastructure continues scaling as we grow.
• Develop Immutable infrastructure patterns and automate Infrastructure provisioning via Code (Terraform Python Ansible etc ..)
• Ensure adherence to PCI and ISO27001 compliance as well as SOC 2 security requirements modifying CI/CD processes when necessary and upholding policies and standards.
• Advocate for and implement positive changes in tools and processes through healthy discussions.
• Participate in the on-call rotation demonstrating a systematic approach to incident management.
• Participate in day-to-day activities support requests and project-related tasks for the team.
• Contribute to documentation maintain ticketing queues provide project support troubleshoot and offer after-hours assistance as required
• Provide coaching and mentorship to new hires fostering their technical growth and integration into the team. Maintain close communication with team members throughout their tenure.

What youll have:

We do not expect you to have all the below but the more mix/max skills you have the easier you will onboard

• 8-10 years of professional experience working in a Cloud Engineering team (also SRE/DBRE team) with Infrastructure responsibilities in managing large production workloads.
• Proficiency with managing MySQL at scale (Horizontal Scaling sharding InnoDB optimizations Query Optimization HA/DR Monitoring Backups Strategy Security Automations).
• Strong understanding in running Production Workloads in Kubernetes
• Proficiency with tools like Terraform Ansible Git and how to work with Infrastructure as Code and automated provisioning.
• Strong experience in Kafka cluster management topic configuration performance tuning and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Experience with MSK is also good.
• Experience with Message Queues (MQ/SQS) and Caching (Redis Memcache) or similar products
• Experience in Python.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools monitoring systems (Datadog or similar) for database infrastructure and scaling strategies for handling increased data volumes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose complex database issues.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and a grasp of security best practices.
• Adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced hands-on environment.

Nice to have :

• Experience with any additional Programming Languages (Golang Kotlin Java)
• Experience in implementing CDC pipelines for reliable data replication and synchronization
• Experience with Vitess Operator running MySQL on Kubernetes.
• Experience with Writing Kubernetes Helm Charts.
• Experience with tools like ArgoCD/Argo Workflows or similar alternatives in various combinations.
• Knowledge of security standards vulnerability patching TLS/SSL and related..
• Any additional experience or familiarity with related technologies would be advantageous.

infrastructure. This includes ensuring uptime security and compliance observability performance improving developers productivity and developing future growth strategies. The team is split between EU and US regions. You will play a vital role in overseeing day-to-day activities and engineering strategies of DSI ensuring that millions of students worldwide achieve greater learning and career outcomes on Udemy. We value teamwork a good sense of humor strong ownership technological curiosity and a desire to learn.

To be successful in this role you will collaborate closely with engineering product and a diverse set of stakeholders around the world. You are not just interested in maintaining systems but also writing the software that maintains them. You strongly believe in a no-blame culture and advocate for humane on-call practices. You constantly seek opportunities for improvement and thrive in an environment where you can drive positive change.

What youll be doing:

• Lead improvement projects for our datastores and platform teams to align with the companys long term objectives.
• Maintain Infrastructure Uptime monitor performance and ensure infrastructure continues scaling as we grow.
• Develop Immutable infrastructure patterns and automate Infrastructure provisioning via Code (Terraform Python Ansible etc ..)
• Ensure adherence to PCI and ISO27001 compliance as well as SOC 2 security requirements modifying CI/CD processes when necessary and upholding policies and standards.
• Advocate for and implement positive changes in tools and processes through healthy discussions.
• Participate in the on-call rotation demonstrating a systematic approach to incident management.
• Participate in day-to-day activities support requests and project-related tasks for the team.
• Contribute to documentation maintain ticketing queues provide project support troubleshoot and offer after-hours assistance as required
• Provide coaching and mentorship to new hires fostering their technical growth and integration into the team. Maintain close communication with team members throughout their tenure.

What youll have:

We do not expect you to have all the below but the more mix/max skills you have the easier you will onboard

• 8-10 years of professional experience working in a Cloud Engineering team (also SRE/DBRE team) with Infrastructure responsibilities in managing large production workloads.
• Proficiency with managing MySQL at scale (Horizontal Scaling sharding InnoDB optimizations Query Optimization HA/DR Monitoring Backups Strategy Security Automations).
• Strong understanding in running Production Workloads in Kubernetes
• Proficiency with tools like Terraform Ansible Git and how to work with Infrastructure as Code and automated provisioning.
• Strong experience in Kafka cluster management topic configuration performance tuning and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Experience with MSK is also good.
• Experience with Message Queues (MQ/SQS) and Caching (Redis Memcache) or similar products
• Experience in Python.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools monitoring systems (Datadog or similar) for database infrastructure and scaling strategies for handling increased data volumes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose complex database issues.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and a grasp of security best practices.
• Adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced hands-on environment.

Nice to have :

• Experience with any additional Programming Languages (Golang Kotlin Java)
• Experience in implementing CDC pipelines for reliable data replication and synchronization
• Experience with Vitess Operator running MySQL on Kubernetes.
• Experience with Writing Kubernetes Helm Charts.
• Experience with tools like ArgoCD/Argo Workflows or similar alternatives in various combinations.
• Knowledge of security standards vulnerability patching TLS/SSL and related..
• Any additional experience or familiarity with related technologies would be advantageous.

We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align wed love to hear from you!

Posting Date: November 05 2025
Application window: November 05 2025 - December 05 2025

At Udemy we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors including but not limited to job-related skills qualifications experience and specific work location due to differences in the cost of addition to a base salary this role is also eligible for equity.

Hiring Compensation Range

$184000 - $230000 USD

Why work here

Youll grow here. Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.

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Youll build with others. We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.

Youll see your impact. What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs

Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARN together.

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