Sr. Database Engineer

Overview

Frontdoor is reimagining how homeowners maintain and repair their most valuable asset – their home. As the parent company of two leading brands, we bring over 50 years of experience in providing our members with comprehensive options to protect their homes from costly and unexpected breakdowns through our extensive network of pre-qualified professional contractors. American Home Shield, the category leader in home service plans with approximately two million members, gives homeowners budget protection and convenience, covering up to 23 essential home systems and appliances. Frontdoor is a cutting edge, one-stop app for home repair and maintenance. Enabled by our Streem technology, the app empowers homeowners by connecting them in real time through video chat with pre-qualified experts to diagnose and solve their problems. The Frontdoor app also offers homeowners a range of other benefits including DIY tips, discounts and more. For more information about American Home Shield and Frontdoor, please visit .

Responsibilities

Summary : In this key role, Senior Database Engineers are technical leaders and domain experts with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. You'll work across a diverse set of database technologies and programming languages, constantly modernizing architecture to meet evolving business needs.

Responsibilities:

Architect and build relational and NoSQL database systems that are performant, highly available, and scalable.

Perform advanced query tuning and configure data replication using tools like Oracle GoldenGate or AWS DMS.

Operate independently, mentor junior engineers, and lead database-related projects and upgrades.

Develop tools and scripts to automate database deployment, monitoring, and maintenance workflows.

Implement proactive performance tuning and set up and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerting systems for database performance and capacity.

Design efficient database schemas, conduct code reviews, and optimize queries for high performance.

Establish and enforce policies for handling PCI and PII data, including data redaction and compliance with regulatory standards.

Implement robust backup, recovery, and security protocols aligned with data governance and business continuity requirements.

Contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives for database provisioning.

Diagnose and resolve database-related issues to ensure high availability and minimal downtime.

Proactively recommend and implement improvements to database systems and infrastructure.

Work cross-functionally with software development and IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve incidents.

Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems.

Perform additional tasks as assigned in support of team and organizational goals.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

Deep expertise in relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL technologies (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra).

Proven experience with query optimization, indexing strategies, and data replication using tools like Oracle GoldenGate or AWS DMS.

Strong proficiency in SQL, with scripting experience in Python or Shell.

Familiarity with AWS services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudWatch) and cloud-native database management.

Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning in production environments.

Solid understanding of data governance, security protocols, and compliance standards (e.g., PCI, PII).

Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments and participating in on-call rotations.

Able to solve complex database/system issues and analyze Splunk or ElasticSearch APM logs/metrics.

Strong familiarity with Unix/Linux systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, or CloudFormation for infrastructure automation.

Knowledge of containerized environments (Kubernetes) and their impact on database deployment.

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and IT teams.

Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and lead cross-functional database initiatives.

Minimum Education, Licensure and Professional Certification requirements: Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field highly preferred. Professional certifications are preferred.

Minimum Experience required (number of years necessary to perform role) : 7+ years hands-on experience in database engineering, administration or architecture.

Other/State Specific

This role pays between $ 123k to $ 150k , and your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, responsibilities, experience, and location.

At Frontdoor certain roles are eligible for additional rewards and incentives. Speak directly to your recruiter to learn more.

Our approach to benefits is holistic, and includes health, wellbeing and financial components including: insurance for medical/pharmacy, dental, vision, life, and disability, weight loss and smoking cessation programs, matching 401(k) and ability to participate in our employee stock purchase plan.

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Category Engineering

Type Full Time

Company AHS American Home Shield Corp