We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer with deep expertise in PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora to join our global infrastructure team. You will own the reliability, performance, and scalability of the database platforms that support Turnitin’s educational technology services.

This role combines strategic project delivery with hands-on operational support in a fast-moving, highly available production environment. The successful candidate operates with a high degree of autonomy, drives work to completion with minimal oversight, and collaborates effectively with teammates across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities: 

• Own the reliability, performance, and day-to-day operation of production database platforms, balancing project delivery with operational support.
• Design and evolve highly available database architectures in AWS to meet uptime, latency, scalability, and recoverability goals.
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