Senior Database Administrator
SmithRx, San Francisco, CA, United States
Who We Are
SmithRx is a rapidly growing, venture‑backed Health‑Tech company. Our mission is to disrupt the expensive and inefficient Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) sector by building a next‑generation drug acquisition platform driven by cutting‑edge technology, innovative cost‑saving tools, and best‑in‑class customer service. With hundreds of thousands of members onboarded since 2016, SmithRx has a solution that is resonating with clients all across the country.
Job Summary We are looking for an Sr. Database Administrator who has hands‑on experience designing and administering cloud‑based Database systems. Additionally, this engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and efficiency of the data infrastructure, including maintenance, upgrades, monitoring, performance tuning, scaling, and query optimization. Our user base is currently doubling annually, and you would share the responsibility of orchestrating a reliable, sustainable, and scalable infrastructure.
What you will do
Manage and maintain our PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Athena databases running on AWS Cloud, ensuring high availability and reliability.
Monitor the performance and overall health of our databases, proactively identifying and resolving the issues.
Design and implement growth strategies for our databases, ensuring they can handle the rapidly increasing demands of our organization.
Develop, implement and maintain very high security standards to protect our highly sensitive PHI data from both external and internal threats.
Ensure compliance with various database privacy regulations and frameworks like HIPAA, SOC2 etc.
Design and implement Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan.
Develop and maintain a pipeline to restore anonymized data from production to lower environments.
Work closely with the security team to develop comprehensive risk analysis and response for data infrastructure.
Collaborate with development, architecture, and release teams providing architectural design recommendations to effectively adapt the database environment to support new platform features and capabilities.
Work closely with the Data Engineering team to build, maintain and troubleshoot ETL jobs for downstream applications.
Support software development teams to drive proper coding practices and assist in the development of complex queries, tuning of DML.
What you will bring to SmithRx
5+ years of experience in Database Administration.
BS or advanced degree in computer science or other related field.
Experience working and managing SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, BigQuery, MongoDB, Cassandra and Snowflake.
Deep understanding of AWS Database services, especially AWS RDS, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB etc.
Ability to use tools to identify bottlenecks or performance problems enabling query and schema optimization.
Experience using modern monitoring tools like CloudWatch, DataDog etc., and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming and dashboards.
Experience managing change management practices, policies and procedures.
Experience with infrastructure automation, systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging.
Experience working in and architecting for regulated environments with data privacy regulations like GDPR, HIPAA preferred.
Strong scripting skills in SQL, Python, Shell etc.
What SmithRx Offers You
Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Program
Short‑term and long‑term disability
Discretionary Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Wellness Benefits
Commuter Benefits
Paid Parental Leave benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Well‑stocked kitchen in office locations
Professional development and training opportunities
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Job Summary We are looking for an Sr. Database Administrator who has hands‑on experience designing and administering cloud‑based Database systems. Additionally, this engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and efficiency of the data infrastructure, including maintenance, upgrades, monitoring, performance tuning, scaling, and query optimization. Our user base is currently doubling annually, and you would share the responsibility of orchestrating a reliable, sustainable, and scalable infrastructure.
What you will do
Manage and maintain our PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Athena databases running on AWS Cloud, ensuring high availability and reliability.
Monitor the performance and overall health of our databases, proactively identifying and resolving the issues.
Design and implement growth strategies for our databases, ensuring they can handle the rapidly increasing demands of our organization.
Develop, implement and maintain very high security standards to protect our highly sensitive PHI data from both external and internal threats.
Ensure compliance with various database privacy regulations and frameworks like HIPAA, SOC2 etc.
Design and implement Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan.
Develop and maintain a pipeline to restore anonymized data from production to lower environments.
Work closely with the security team to develop comprehensive risk analysis and response for data infrastructure.
Collaborate with development, architecture, and release teams providing architectural design recommendations to effectively adapt the database environment to support new platform features and capabilities.
Work closely with the Data Engineering team to build, maintain and troubleshoot ETL jobs for downstream applications.
Support software development teams to drive proper coding practices and assist in the development of complex queries, tuning of DML.
What you will bring to SmithRx
5+ years of experience in Database Administration.
BS or advanced degree in computer science or other related field.
Experience working and managing SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Redshift, DynamoDB, BigQuery, MongoDB, Cassandra and Snowflake.
Deep understanding of AWS Database services, especially AWS RDS, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB etc.
Ability to use tools to identify bottlenecks or performance problems enabling query and schema optimization.
Experience using modern monitoring tools like CloudWatch, DataDog etc., and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming and dashboards.
Experience managing change management practices, policies and procedures.
Experience with infrastructure automation, systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging.
Experience working in and architecting for regulated environments with data privacy regulations like GDPR, HIPAA preferred.
Strong scripting skills in SQL, Python, Shell etc.
What SmithRx Offers You
Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
Flexible Spending Benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Program
Short‑term and long‑term disability
Discretionary Paid Time Off
Paid Company Holidays
Wellness Benefits
Commuter Benefits
Paid Parental Leave benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Well‑stocked kitchen in office locations
Professional development and training opportunities
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