Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Database Systems

Quizlet
Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$230,240 – $314,300
Posted on a month ago

Job Description

Quizlet is seeking a Senior Staff Platform Engineer to lead the design, strategy, and evolution of their database and data infrastructure. This role involves architecting large-scale systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability, and partnering with other engineering teams to set the technical direction for database systems.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and evolve database ecosystem (Cloud Spanner, PlanetScale MySQL, BigQuery, Redis)
  • Set technical direction for database reliability, observability, and disaster recovery
  • Lead large-scale modernization initiatives
  • Drive platform-wide resilience and automation
  • Mentor engineers in database design and operational excellence
  • Define SLOs and align platform strategy with product and AI initiatives
  • Contribute to architecture reviews and infrastructure standards

Requirements

  • 10+ years of backend/platform engineering experience, 5+ focused on databases
  • Experience architecting high-throughput, low-latency database infrastructures
  • Deep expertise in MySQL and PlanetScale
  • Proficiency with Cloud Spanner, Postgres, or BigQuery
  • Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes (GKE), and Python/Go
  • Expertise in observability, monitoring, and incident management
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

  • No benefits