Manager, Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE)

Introduction to Demandbase: 

Demandbase helps B2B companies hit their revenue goals using fewer resources. How? By using the power of AI to identify and engage the accounts and buying groups most likely to purchase. Our account-based technology unites sales and marketing teams around insights that you can understand and facilitates quick actions across systems and channels to deliver big wins. It’s flexible, scalable ABM built for you.

As a company, we prioritize both the advancement of careers and the development of world-class technology. We invest heavily in people, our culture, and the communities around us. We have offices strategically located in San Francisco and New York in the US, and Hyderabad, in India and we embrace a hybrid work model in these regions. Outside of these areas we offer a remote work option and boast a significant presence in Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA, and London, UK. Continuously lauded as a great place to work, we are Great Place to Work Certified, and have earned distinctions such as "Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area,"Best Workplaces in Technology," "Best Workplaces for Millennials," and "Best Workplaces for Parents"!

We're committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and promoting a diverse workforce. By ensuring that every Demandbase employee is able to bring a diversity of talents to work, we're increasingly capable of achieving our mission to transform the way B2B companies go to market. We encourage people from historically underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Demandbase!

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Manager, Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) to lead and scale a small, high-performing global team. This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who thrives in both technical execution and people management. You'll lead a team of DBREs based in the U.S. and India, driving reliability, scalability, and performance across our database infrastructure.

As the team’s manager, you’ll represent DBRE at the company level—aligning priorities with senior leadership, ensuring timely execution of OKRs, and fostering a strong engineering culture built on ownership, collaboration, and innovation.

The base compensation range for this position for candidates in the SF Bay Area is: $220,000 - $330,000. For all other locations, the base compensation range is based on the primary work location of the candidate as our ranges are location specific. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skillset, years of experience, and depth of experience.

What you’ll be doing:Technical Leadership

• Design, build, and maintain scalable database solutions using AWS RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL), DynamoDB, BigQuery, and other modern data platforms.
• Drive automation initiatives with Python, Shell scripting, GitLab CI/CD, and Terraform.
• Ensure high availability, performance, security, and cost efficiency across all DB systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize schemas, queries, and overall database architecture.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for database-related issues.

Team Management

• Mentor, support, and technically guide a distributed team (US + India).
• Set clear goals, prioritize work strategically, and ensure timely delivery of team objectives.
• Represent the DBRE team in cross-functional discussions, advocating for team needs and updates.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Strategic Impact

• Develop and implement long-term plans for improving database reliability engineering practices.
• Contribute to a “shift-left” engineering culture by building reusable templates/modules in Backstage.
• Champion knowledge-sharing and documentation across database operations.

What we’re looking for:

You’re a strong fit if you:

• Bring deep technical expertise and proven leadership skills.
• Are highly strategic, yet detail-oriented in execution.
• Thrive in both individual contributor and mentoring roles.
• Are a clear communicator, comfortable representing your team across departments.
• Excel at cross-functional collaboration and building alignment with senior stakeholders.
• Lead with empathy and foster a healthy, high-performance team culture.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years in database engineering/administration, including 2+ years managing or leading teams.
• Strong expertise with AWS RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and DynamoDB; exposure to BigQuery a plus.
• Proven track record in performance tuning, query optimization, high availability, and security.
• Solid Linux (Red Hat/SUSE) system administration experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Shell scripting, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
• Hands-on experience with Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab).
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Managerial Qualities:

• Ability to lead small, distributed teams while staying technically hands-on.
• Skilled in strategic planning and OKR execution.
• Experience advocating for team needs and influencing priorities at the leadership level.
• Effective at coordinating across time zones and driving alignment on deliverables.

Even Better If You Have:

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and tools like BigQuery or related GCP services.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and financial security. Our employees enjoy up to 100% paid premiums for Medical and Vision coverage, ensuring access to top-tier care for you and your loved ones. In addition, we provide a range of mental wellness resources, including access to Modern Health, to help support your emotional well-being. We believe in a healthy work-life harmony, which is why we offer a flexible PTO policy, 15 paid holidays in 2025—including a three-day break around July 4th and a full week off for Thanksgiving—and No Internal Meetings Fridays to give you uninterrupted time to focus on what matters most. For your financial future, we offer a competitive 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and other valuable benefits to ensure your financial peace of mind.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Demandbase:

At Demandbase, we believe in creating a workplace culture that values and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We recognize that everyone brings unique experiences, perspectives, and identities to the table, and we are committed to building a community where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated, and we strive to ensure that every individual has an equal opportunity to succeed and grow, regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, background, marital status, genetic information, education level, veteran status, national origin, or any other protected status. We do not automatically disqualify applicants with criminal records and will consider each applicant on a case-by-case basis.

We recognize that not all candidates will have every skill or qualification listed in this job description. If you feel you have the level of experience to be successful in the role, we encourage you to apply!

We acknowledge that true diversity and inclusion requires ongoing effort, and we are committed to doing the work required to make our workplace a safe and equitable space for all. Join us in building a community where we can learn from each other, celebrate our differences, and work together.