--- title: 'Staff Database Engineer at Solvd' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-database-engineer-solvd-united-states-qrq30kfzvgne' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Staff Database Engineer at Solvd - **Company:** Solvd - **Location:** United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solvd/5c4840c7-be83-4ac3-8eca-b2cfcc573022 ## Job description Solvd Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. We work with industry-leading organizations to design, build, and operationalize technology solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. Following the acquisition of Tooploox, a premier AI and product development company, Solvd now offers true end-to-end delivery—from strategic advisory and solution design to custom AI development and enterprise-scale implementation. Our capability centers combine deep technical expertise, proven delivery methodologies, and sector-specific knowledge to address complex business challenges quickly and effectively. Solvd is migrating a Tier-1 US payments platform from a single AWS region to a multi-region architecture in three phases (pilot light by EOY 2026, warm standby by EOY 2027, full active-active by EOY 2028). The data layer spans Aurora MySQL, Cassandra, ElastiCache (Redis / Valkey), DynamoDB, DocumentDB, OpenSearch, and Neptune. We're hiring multiple Database Engineers to implement the per-engine replication, failover, and operational tooling for this program. You'll work under the Principal Database Architect and partner with the client's data and SRE teams. ## What you'll do - Implement and operate cross-region replication using Amazon DynamoDB Global Tables, ensuring reliable multi-region data replication, high availability, consistency, and disaster recovery. - Codify everything in Terraform (or CDK). - Build the observability layer for replication health: lag metrics, consistency checks, alarm thresholds, and runbook automation. Datadog is the primary observability stack; CloudWatch is the baseline. - Author and execute failover and failback runbooks. Run game-days using AWS Fault Injection Service. Measure and report against RTO and RPO targets. - Implement KMS cross-account replication, IAM service principals for replication roles, and the secrets and parameter strategy for region-local dependencies. - Support data extraction from the monolith into microservices: build CDC pipelines (DMS, DynamoDB Streams, Kafka Connect, Debezium), validate data integrity, and own the cutover sequence for individual extractions. - Pair with application engineers on connection-string abstraction, retry and idempotency patterns, and graceful degradation during region failover. - Write design docs and runbooks the client team can take over after the engagement. ## What you'll bring (required) - 8+ years in production database engineering on AWS, with hands-on responsibility for at least one of: payments, banking, brokerage, or comparable financial-services workloads. - Deep production experience with DynamoDB and at least two of: Aurora MySQL, Cassandra, ElastiCache (Redis or Valkey), DocumentDB, Neptune. Working knowledge of at least two more. - Practical experience with cross-region replication in production using DynamoDB Global Tables: you've configured and operated multi-region DynamoDB deployments and handled failure scenarios such as replication conflicts, regional outages, replication delays, and consistency or version-skew issues. - Strong Terraform (or CDK). You can build a multi-region module from scratch and explain the trade-offs. - Comfort with CDC tooling (DMS, DDB Streams, Kafka Connect, or Debezium) and the operational gotchas (schema drift, ordering guarantees, replay). - Linux, networking fundamentals (VPC, Transit Gateway, peering, DNS), and IAM / KMS proficiency. - Solid written communication and ability to operate in a regulated client environment. ## Nice to have - Cassandra multi-DC operations experience at scale (nodetool workflows, repair strategy, tombstone management, cross-region anti-entropy). - AWS MSK or Kafka MirrorMaker 2 experience for cross-region event replication. - Experience with Datadog Database Monitoring and custom CloudWatch metrics. - AWS Database Specialty or Solutions Architect Associate / Professional certifications. When you join Solvd, you'll… - Shape real-world AI-driven projects across key industries, working with clients from startup innovation to enterprise transformation. - Be part of a global team with equal opportunities for collaboration across continents and cultures. - Thrive in an inclusive environment that prioritizes continuous learning, innovation, and ethical AI standards. Ready to make an impact? If you're excited to build things that matter, champion responsible AI, and grow with some of the industry’s sharpest minds. Apply today and let’s innovate together. Solvd is an equal opportunity employer. ## About Solvd ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Solvd is an AI engineering company that builds, implements, and runs production-grade AI systems for enterprises. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; no public funding rounds disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Walnut Creek, California, USA - **Founded**: 2011 (Roseville, California) - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI engineering, enterprise AI consulting, custom AI systems, cloud & data infrastructure, agentic software engineering. - **Target customers**: Large enterprises requiring reliable, auditable, and scalable AI solutions (B2B, Enterprise). - **Mission or purpose statement**: “We build AI systems that still work when you scale.” – emphasis on responsible, human-centered AI that remains reliable in production. ## Products & Services - **[Core AI]**: Custom AI systems for computer vision, NLP, and agentic workflows, backed by a research team that won a Best Paper Award at NeurIPS 2025. - **[AI Data & Cloud]**: Data pipelines, cloud architecture, and governance systems that enable AI to run reliably at scale. - **[Agentic Software Engineering]**: Software delivery that combines deep engineering expertise with AI-native tooling to accelerate development and modernize legacy systems. Solvd also offers QA automation and digital transformation services (evolved from its 2011 origins). ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: 750+ global team members across 10 locations (as of mid-2025); 150+ AI/ML specialists. - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Partners with Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks. - **Growth Signals**: - Acquired EastBanc Technologies (October 2025) and Tooploox (June 2025) to deepen AI research and enterprise capabilities. - Published NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper (“1000 Layer Networks for Self-Supervised RL…”), co-authored by Chief Scientist Tomasz Trzciński. - Transitioned from a QA-focused firm to an AI-first global engineering company (“Solvd 2.0” launched March 2025). ## Competitive Advantages - **Research-backed engineering**: NeurIPS Best Paper demonstrates world-class AI research capability. - **Deep partnerships**: Works side-by-side with Anthropic, OpenAI, and major cloud providers to define agentic protocols. - **Production track record**: 10+ years of building and deploying AI systems that remain reliable at scale. - **Global delivery model**: 10 offices/delivery hubs across the Americas, Europe, and Georgia allowing near-shore collaboration. ## Strategic Focus - Responsible AI by design (explainability, auditability, human-in-the-loop). - Scaling enterprise AI through a combination of custom development, platform partnerships, and reusable assets. - Continued expansion via acquisitions and hiring in AI engineering, data engineering, and cloud infrastructure. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Collaborative, people-first culture that emphasizes innovation and integrity. Employees describe a balance of forward-thinking and human relationships. - **Remote / Hybrid**: Specific policy not stated, but team works across 10 global locations (USA, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Turkey, Romania). Likely hybrid or remote-friendly given the distributed model. - **Notable perks**: Access to cutting-edge AI research; opportunity to work with top AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI); cross-location collaboration; free training initiative (Solvd.Laba). - **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on responsible AI, production reliability, and continuous learning. ## Sources 1. [solvd.com – Company Home](https://solvd.com/) 2. [solvd.com – About Us](https://solvd.com/about-us/) 3. [solvd.com – Careers](https://solvd.com/careers/) 4. [solvd.com – Job Openings](https://solvd.com/careers/job-openings/) 5. 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