Senior Manager, Database Platform

Horizon3.ai

. Lead the Database Platform team responsible for the data infrastructure underpinning NodeZero pentests, findings, and reports .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $242,250 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading database engineering teams, establishing schema design standards, and ensuring data integrity in high-velocity production environments. Proficient in driving architectural decisions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance data platform capabilities.

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PostgreSQL Database ManagementSchema Migration StrategiesTeam Leadership and MentoringQuery Optimization and IndexingAWS Data Services Experience

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Hard Skills

Go ProgrammingPython ProgrammingSQL ProficiencyDatabase Scalability PrinciplesData Modeling StandardsMulti-Tenant Data ArchitecturesConnection PoolingData Integrity StandardsKubernetes OperationsGraph Databases

Soft Skills

Consensus BuildingEffective CollaborationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

PostgreSQLAWS RDS/AuroraDynamoDBElastiCachePg_bouncerPgpool

Industry Keywords

Cybersecurity DataSOC 2 ComplianceFedRAMP ComplianceGDPR ComplianceData Residency

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCyber SecurityDynamoDBKubernetesPostgresPythonSQLGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Database Platform team responsible for the data infrastructure underpinning NodeZero pentests, findings, and reports
Hire, mentor, and grow a team of approximately eight engineers, including a Principal Engineer
Establish database engineering norms and a culture of ownership
Define the technical direction for NodeZero’s data platform with the Principal Engineer
Set schema design standards, query patterns, migration strategies, and scalability principles
Own SLOs for database availability, query latency, and data integrity across production environments
Drive oncall maturity and runbook quality
Establish schema review processes and data modeling standards
Ensure the data model evolves cleanly as new pentest capabilities ship
Collaborate with Data Ingestion, Security Research, and API Platform teams on data contracts, API design, and pipeline dependencies
Translate data platform needs from Security Research and Product into a prioritized engineering roadmap
Build the Database Platform team into a fully staffed, world-class data platform organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience leading teams that design, scale, and operate relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and hybrid data stores in production at scale
Experience defining schema migration strategies for high-velocity production environments with zero-downtime requirements
Experience with multi-tenant data architectures, customer data isolation, row-level security, and data residency concerns
Strong understanding of query optimization, indexing strategies, EXPLAIN analysis, and connection pooling
Experience building or significantly growing an engineering team, including hiring and onboarding
Experience establishing engineering norms, schema review, data integrity standards, operational runbooks, and oncall rotation
Ability to drive architecture decisions through design documents, structured reviews, and consensus building
Ability to partner effectively with a Principal Engineer
Deep proficiency in Go, Python, or SQL
Production experience with PostgreSQL at scale, including partitioning, logical replication, pg_bouncer/pgpool, and read replicas
Experience with AWS data services such as RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, or ElastiCache
Kubernetes and containerized database operations, including stateful workload management
Familiarity with graph databases or time-series stores is a strong plus
Background in cybersecurity data, threat intelligence feeds, or vulnerability databases is a nice to have
Experience with SOC 2, FedRAMP, or GDPR/CCPA data handling requirements is a nice to have
Familiarity with BI tooling, OLAP workloads, or customer-facing analytics is a nice to have
Experience operating databases in multi-region or active-active configurations is a nice to have
Up to 5% travel may be required
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship may be required to be addressed

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity package in the form of stock options for all full-time roles
Health, vision, and dental insurance for you and your family
Flexible vacation policy
Generous parental leave
Career development opportunities
Inclusive and collaborative work environment
Remote work model
Competitive salary and benefits