Rithum™ is the world’s most trusted commerce network, accelerating how brands, suppliers, and retailers work together to deliver seamless e-commerce experiences. We provide an unmatched platform for brands and retailers, enabling them to accelerate growth, optimize operations across channels, scale product offerings and enhance margins.

Today, more than 40,000 companies trust Rithum to grow their business across hundreds of channels, representing over $50 billion in annual GMV. Using our commerce, marketing, and delivery solutions, our customers create optimized consumer shopping journeys from beginning to end.

Overview

At Rithum the Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team is responsible for the availability, reliability, and observability of all database systems. We rely heavily on automation to reduce manual work and are always looking for ways to improve our processes. We currently Manage and optimize a large-scale SQL Server environment spanning hundreds of instances across hybrid infrastructure (onprem VMware and AWS), as well as installations of various relational and NoSQL database platforms including MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Postgres, and Redis. These database systems touch all aspects of the business. On the DBRE team, we have a strong culture of curiosity, honesty, and a love of collaboration and constant learning.  

As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you are expected to embody these values and help foster them among your fellow team members. You are responsible for managing a variety of database systems and designing and leading your own projects with a highly technical approach.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maximum availability and reliability of mission-critical database systems across hybrid infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain SQL Server Always-on Availability Groups, clustering, and replication topologies. Constantly improve the observability of all database systems.
• Lead major database upgrade initiatives and modernization efforts. Support other engineers and teams in their use of database systems.
• Continuously enhance observability using telemetry, performance analysis, and proactive monitoring.
• Continuously enhance processes through automation. Automate operational workflows using PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD tooling.
• Ensure all data is protected and secure
• Participate in our on-call rotation
• Troubleshoot and tune high-load production systems, including complex performance and replication issues.
• Lead technical response during high-severity incidents and conduct root cause analysis.
• Ensure database security, backup integrity, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Contribute to the development of best practices for database engineering and reliability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to design scalable, resilient data architectures.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications  

• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing database systems
• Basic understanding of multi-tenant, database-driven applications
• Familiarity with common data storage technologies and use cases
• Proficiency in a common high-level language such as PowerShell or Python
• Design, implement, and support SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, clustering, and transactional replication
• Lead and execute major upgrade initiatives (e.g., SQL Server version upgrades, compatibilitylevel transitions)
• Own disaster recovery validation and failover strategy execution
• Investigate and resolve complex replication and distribution database failures

Preferred Qualifications 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience administering production database systems at scale
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Experience with database high-availability technologies
• Experience with MongoDB (including replica sets and Atlas), DynamoDB, or other distributed NoSQL platforms
• Familiarity with cloud-native database architectures (AWS preferred)
• Exposure to data platform modernization initiatives (e.g., migration to newer engine versions, consolidation, cloud adoption)
• Knowledge of relational database design concepts in an OLTP environment
• Experience managing database systems in a cloud environment
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development

 Travel Required  

Up to 10%

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

What it’s like to work at Rithum 

When you join Rithum, you can expect to work with smart risk-takers, courageous collaborators, and curious minds.

As part of the Rithum team, you are valued, supported, and included. Guided by a transparent culture and accessible, approachable leadership, we offer career opportunities aligned to your ambitions and talents. To ensure work and life balance works for you, we also offer an array of resources to support you and your families, including comprehensive benefits and wellness plans.

At Rithum you will:

• Partner with the leading brands and retailers.
• Connect with passionate professionals who will help support your goals.
• Participate in an inclusive, welcoming work atmosphere.
• Achieve work-life balance through remote-first working conditions, generous time off, and wellness days.
• Receive industry-competitive compensation and total rewards benefits.

We believe in transparency and fairness in our compensation practices.

For this position, the expected base pay range is: $90,000-$140,000 per year. 

This range represents the base pay for the role across all U.S. locations and is determined based on market data, internal equity, and experience. Final compensation may vary depending on geographic location, skills, and relevant experience.In addition to base pay, we offer a discretionary bonus for non-sales roles, a comprehensive benefits package, and, where applicable, sales incentives.

For this position, the expected discretionary bonus is 10% of the annual base salary.

 Benefits 

• Medical, dental and vision benefits: Affordable health care plans and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1
• A 6% 401(k) match
• Competitive time off package with 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 Company-Paid holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, 2 Wellness days, and 1 Paid Volunteer Day; at 3 years of service PTO increases to 22 days, and at 5 years it increases to 25 days
• 12 weeks primary caregiver leave & 4 weeks secondary caregiver leave
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Pet insurance
• Legal assistance and identity theft insurance plans
• Life insurance 2x salary
• Access to the Calm app and the Employee Assistance Program
• $65/month Remote work stipend for internet
• Culture and team-building activities
• Tuition assistance
• Career development opportunities
• Charitable contribution match up to $250 per year

Rithum is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations in accordance with the law for qualified applicants. If you require assistance during the interview process due to a medical condition or need support accessing our website or completing the application process, please reach out to us by completing the Accommodations Request Form. Your comfort and accessibility are important to us, and we're here to ensure a seamless experience as you explore opportunities with our team.

About the Team

The Data Services team is focused on building robust, scalable, and efficient data services, pipelines, lakes, tools, libraries, and software components that drive best practices and empower service teams to succeed. We design and implement data services, pipelines and data lakes for operational analysis, ensuring they are production-ready with automation and standardized access controls. 

We lead and evangelize the principle of 100% automation. Additionally, we establish best practices, provide training, and document data architectures to ensure our systems are reliable, future-ready, and capable of continuous evolution and process improvement across the organization.

About the Role

Crunchyroll is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support millions of anime fans around the world. The Data Engineering team provides seamless help to our internal stakeholders, ensuring an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans.

As a Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing data services, ensuring that our data services support the needs of the business. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance eventing systems, and develop tools that empower our data and services teams. Your expertise will also be critical in driving 100% automation, best practices, creating scalable services, and optimizing our data environments.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented API and code while adhering to industry best practices, including code reviews and design patterns.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring that both frontend and backend components are optimized for speed and reliability.
• Contribute to the automation and optimization of build, deployment, and monitoring processes to support a smooth development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test suites (unit and integration) to ensure system reliability and robustness.
• Implement and maintain security best practices, safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Must be proficient in both TypeScript and Python
• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications/services using TypeScript and Python and modern backend frameworks (Node.js preferred).
• Build event-driven architectures and event interfaces using AWS services such as SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Kinesis, or Kafka.
• Deep understanding of AWS Processing Framework like Step Functions
• Architect and optimize database schemas and queries for relational (RDS PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (DynamoDB) and Graph Database (Neo4j).
• Collaborate with service engineers, data engineers, and product teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Apply best practices for code quality, security, testing, and performance optimization.

About you

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, specializing in microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript (Node.js) and Python.
• Experience in building applications/services using TypeScript and Python and modern backend frameworks (Node.js preferred).
• Deep understanding of cloud-based architectures (AWS preferred), including serverless frameworks, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and event interfaces (Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Kinesis).
• Strong database design skills across relational (RDS PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (DynamoDB) and Graph Database (Neo4j).
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ownership mentality, and ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

NIce to Have:

• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or Graph RAG architectures.
• Knowledge of fine-tuning and optimizing LLMs for performance and cost efficiency.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

Position Summary: Our law firm is seeking a skilled Automation Engineer to design, develop, and implement automated solutions that streamline and enhance our internal operations. This role is ideal for a problem-solver with strong Python experience, proven cloud solutioning capabilities (preferably in AWS or Azure), and hands-on API integration knowledge. The ideal candidate will work closely with legal operations, IT, and case management teams to identify automation opportunities and build scalable, maintainable tools to support high-growth operations.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Python-based automation scripts and tools.
• Architect and implement cloud-based workflows using AWS, Azure, or equivalent platforms.
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs to integrate systems such as Filevine, CRM platforms, document repositories, and billing tools.
• Collaborate with legal operations and IT to identify repetitive manual tasks suitable for automation.
• Ensure automation workflows are secure, auditable, and aligned with compliance standards (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
• Build and document internal automation tools for case data handling, reporting, redactions, and document processing.
• Provide support and enhancements to existing automations and troubleshoot production issues as needed.

Qualifications: 

• Proficiency in Python, with experience in automation scripting, data parsing, and task orchestration.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (e.g., Lambda, S3, Textract) or Microsoft Azure (e.g., Logic Apps, Functions).
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and interact with APIs (RESTful services, JSON handling, authentication flows).
• Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and basic DevOps concepts.
• Experience with automation frameworks, workflow tools, or RPA (Robotic Process Automation) tools is a plus.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to work with both technical and non-technical staff.

Preferred Skills: 

• Experience in legal tech or within a law firm environment.
• Familiarity with case management platforms such as Filevine, Litify, and Clio.
• Knowledge of data privacy laws and best practices around PII/PHI handling.
• Exposure to database technologies (SQL, DynamoDB, etc.) and data warehouses.

Physical Requirements:  

• Office environment with normal business hours necessary to satisfactorily perform job functions.   
• Stationary Position – Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time.  
• Move or Traverse – This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, meeting rooms, office machinery, etc.  May occasionally ascends/descends the stairs to get to other floors, cafeteria and parking area.
• Dexterity – constantly operates a computer and other office machinery such as a copy machine/printer.  
• Move, Transport, Position, Put, Install, Remove - Occasionally moves supplies weighing up to 10 pounds for various presentation and event needs. 
• Communicate, Detect, Converse with, Discern, Convey, Express oneself, Exchange information - The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Detect, Determine, Perceive, Identify, Recognize, Judge, Observe, Inspect, Estimate, Assess - The ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, dental, vision
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid STD (with no waiting period) and LTD Insurance
• Option to purchase additional Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity Coverage
• 401(k) with company contributions
• Paid Time Off
• 10 Company Holidays 
• Tuition Reimbursement

About Care.com  

Care.com is a consumer tech company with heart. We’re on a mission to solve a human challenge we all face: finding great care for the ones we love. We’re moms and dads and pet parents. We have parents and grandparents so we understand that everyone, at some point in their lives, could use a helping hand. Our culture and our products reflect that.  

Care.com offers an array of services that enable families to find, manage and pay for care and provide employment opportunities for caregivers. Our engineering organization is reimagining our tech stacks and consolidating to a single cloud native platform so we can test and learn faster. The new platform is composed of gRPC microservices and Lambdas in Go, Kafka streams, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, and micro-frontends on Node and React. We're utilizing industry best practices and tools like OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Github, SignalFX, Figma, and others to make our lives easier.  

Here, entrepreneurs, self-starters, team players, and big thinkers unite behind a common cause. Here, we’re applying data analytics, AI, and the latest technologies to solve universal problems and connect people in new ways. If you like having autonomy, if you thrive on collaboration and building new things, and if you’re all about using your talent for good, Care.com is the place for you.  

What You'll Be Working On:  

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Technology team as an Architect. The candidate would join a small, agile team responsible for building our fulfillment platform. The candidate will be responsible for the analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, and implementation of new product features. 

• Design and develop an extremely high-volume, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed system that uses technologies such as:
• Java and J2EE technologies 
• Golang microservices deployed on Kubernetes with an Istio service mesh 
• gRPC and GraphQL APIs 
• AWS Lambdas 
• AWS Step Functions & Express Workflows 
• Amazon EventBridge 
• AWS DynamoDB 
• Postgres 
• AWS Cloud Development Kit  
• Kafka 
• Elasticsearch  
• Work with stakeholders in product management to understand business requirements 
• Work with other disciplines to drive cross-functional efforts 
• Shape development processes to promote a high-quality output while continuing to iterate quickly 
• Own and review deliverables for accuracy, quality, performance, and completeness 
• Work with team to create architecture and design documents, project timeline, and user stories 
• Ability to lead and manage a globally distributed development team 
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of members of the team 

What You’ll Need to Succeed: 

• 10+ years of professional engineering experience
• 8+ years of deep experience designing and building high-volume, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems, with significant expertise in Java, Golang, or comparable backend technologies.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a similar engineering discipline
• Experience with Microservices architecture is required.
• AWS experience is required, including knowledge of serverless technologies (Lambdas, DynamoDB, EventBridge) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/Istio).
• Experience leading a team (team/tech lead) and acting as a design authority or system architect for large-scale production projects.
• Ability to thrive as part of a multi-site development team

For a list of our Perks + Benefits, click here! 

Work Environment: Hybrid – We are in the office Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Our office locations:
Austin – 816 Congress Ave. #800, Austin, TX 78701
Dallas – 2801 North Central Expressway, 11th Floor, Dallas, TX 75204
Salt Lake City – 1850 Ashton Blvd, Suite 500, Lehi, UT 84043

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Company Overview: 

Available in more than 20 countries, Care.com is the world's leading platform for finding and managing high-quality family care. Care.com is designed to meet the evolving needs of today's families and caregivers, offering everything from household tax and payroll services and customized corporate benefits packages covering the care needs of working families, to innovating new ways for caregivers to be paid and obtain professional benefits. Since 2007, families have relied on Care.com's industry-leading products—from child and elder care to pet care and home care. Care.com is an IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC). 

Salary Range:  $180,000 to $200,000. The base salary range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the national salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Care.com’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, Care.com provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life, and disability insurance, a generous 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

#li-hybrid

• Optimize and enhance existing applications and APIs to incorporate new features and user feedback.
• Design new features and user experiences, including UI elements and layout through mockups (e.g., Figma) and implement such features in React + TypeScript.
• Research and design new APIs for new use cases and implement such APIs and backend logic using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++.
• Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon AppSync, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
• Interact with a variety of data sources including documents, databases, raw and/or processed sensor data, and other APIs.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, Software Quality, and Operations to understand end user requirements.

• Strong technical background as evidenced by BS, MS, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience building backend services and/or intuitive web applications with significant scale and performance
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
• Recent experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React
• Experience with using internal and external facing APIs
• Experience with app profiling and performance tuning.
• Experience with service performance measurement, observability, and tuning.
• Familiarity with web sockets and Typed Arrays
• Bonus for experience with Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf
• Bonus for experience in designing UIs using collaborative tools
• Bonus for experience with C++, creating tooling for robotics / timeseries data
• Bonus for experience with AWS PaaS technologies and services
• Great communicator; you must be capable of writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.
• Passion; you must be passionate about autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on humanity.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and  MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Office perks: free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) 
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)