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Database Administrator jobs in San Francisco, CA
Database administrators keep an organization's databases fast, available, and recoverable — tuning performance, managing backups and security, and planning for growth.
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About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of co…
Location: San Francisco &##127757; We’re making security suck less for developers. Security tools haven’t kept up with how software is built today. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck…
About ElevenLabs ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology. We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and…
questions with confidence. You’re comfortable with Docker and Kubernetes deployments. Strongly preferred Experience with graph databases, knowledge graphs, or GraphRAG. If you’ve built a knowledge graph by hand, you know…
Job Description: Lead and support Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) implementations and optimizations to ensure seamless data integration across various financial systems. Work closely with our internal IT, finance, and cro…
Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator (AWS Cloud & Migration Specialist) Oakland, CA (Onsite) Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator with 12+ years of database administ…
experience in HTML development ~2+ years' experience using JavaScript ~2+ years' experience working and designing relational databases and warehouses and integrating complex marketing technology/email/CRM platforms ~2+ y…
Francisco, CA (Onsite) 15+ Years Preferred Must-Have Skills * SailPoint IdentityIQ (IIQ) v7.x/v8.x – Design, development, and administration * Java and BeanShell Scripting * XML and SQL * Identity Governance & Administra…
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About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in D…
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job isn’t merely a job but the start of a career where you can flourish. Job Summary Summary: As a Food & Beverage Administrator , you will perform a variety of F&B related duties including coordination of all business u…
Dialogue, Content Author) Proficiency in Java, J2EE, Spring, and REST APIs Experience with XML, XSLT, JSON Knowledge of SQL databases (Oracle/SQL Server) Experience working in Unix/Linux environments Understanding of CCM…
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What database administrators earn in San Francisco
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $40–$57 | $84k–$119k |
| Mid level | $57–$77 | $119k–$161k |
| Senior | $74–$101 | $154k–$210k |
Adjusted for the San Francisco market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQLQuery tuning and indexingBackup and recoveryHigh availability and replicationSecurity and access controlCapacity planningScripting and automationCloud database servicesWorking with developers
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
A critical query got slow overnight. How do you investigate?
Check execution plans, statistics, recent changes, and blocking. A structured path from symptom to cause is what they are grading.
Walk me through your backup strategy and how you verify it.
Cover full/differential/log backups, RPO/RTO targets, and regular restore testing. The verification part is where weak candidates fall down.
How do you decide what to index?
Base it on query patterns and measured impact, and mention the write cost of over-indexing. Showing you remove indexes too is a good sign.
How would you design high availability for a critical database?
Discuss replication or availability groups, failover testing, and what the application must tolerate. Note that HA is not backup — they solve different problems.
A developer wants direct production database access. How do you respond?
Show least-privilege instincts with a service mindset: offer read replicas, audited access, or better tooling instead of a flat no.
Tell me about a data-loss scare or recovery you performed.
A calm, honest recovery story — what was lost, what was restored, what changed after — demonstrates exactly the judgment this role exists for.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For database administrators specifically — generic advice costs you here
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State the database platforms and versions you ran, with the size and count of databases managed.
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Quantify performance work: query times cut, storage reclaimed, downtime avoided during migrations.
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Highlight zero-data-loss recoveries or successful DR tests — recoverability is the core promise of the role.
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Show cloud migration experience (RDS, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL) as most DBA hiring now expects it.
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Mention automation of routine maintenance; it signals you scale beyond hand-run scripts.
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Where this role goes
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