Senior Database Operations Engineer

Overview

Senior Database Operations Engineer for Crunchyroll’s Data Engineering team, focused on maintaining and enhancing the reliability of the data infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Act as a database engine best-practices subject matter expert and guide long-term data placement strategy.
• Analyze and eliminate SQL/query execution bottlenecks to improve throughput and minimize latency.
• Design and scale database schemas using AWS-native database services, including RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB.
• Perform deep-dive database performance forensics (e.g., replication lag, locking, and OS/hardware saturation metrics).
• Review data access patterns and optimize application-level database interaction layers and standards (indexing, schema configurations).
• Collaborate with Database SRE specialists to align query layouts, configuration, and schemas with automation and IaC frameworks.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in database operations or a related data platform/data store role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Deep experience with AWS RDS, Aurora, and NoSQL.
• Proficiency with monitoring tools including Datadog and CloudWatch (and DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python or Java).
• Basic hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DatabaseOps practices.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Work modality: Hybrid.