Database Reliability Engineer
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Fuse Energy is seeking a Database Reliability Engineer to own the reliability, performance, and scalability of database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse. The role involves building data pipelines, designing analytical schemas, and managing infrastructure as code.
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Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse
- Build and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and product needs
- Own the design and evolution of analytical schemas, translating business logic into structured data models
- Migrate and transform data from Postgres into ClickHouse, ensuring performance and reliability
- Develop and maintain DBT models that reflect business domain and make data accessible for teams
- Implement tests and data quality checks to ensure reliable and trustworthy datasets
- Identify and eliminate duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modelling standards
- Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in a backend engineering or data focused engineering role
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Hands on experience with relational databases, particularly Postgres
- Experience designing schemas and building data models
- Familiarity with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks
- Strong understanding of data validation, testing, and quality assurance practices
- Manages all infrastructure through IaC tooling (Pulumi, AWS CDK)
- Grasps new business domains quickly
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Company Overview
- Fuse Energy is a renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy.
- Raised $210M from top tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels.
- Creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing solar, wind and hydrogen projects to real time power trading and distributed energy installations.
- Also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify homes, shifting usage to off peak hours and helping balance the grid.
Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fuse's database infrastructure across Postgres and ClickHouse.
- Build and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and product needs.
- Own the design and evolution of analytical schemas, translating business logic into structured, intuitive data models.
- Migrate and transform data from Postgres into ClickHouse, ensuring performance and reliability.
- Develop and maintain DBT models that reflect our business domain and make data easily accessible for teams.
- Implement tests and data quality checks to ensure reliable and trustworthy datasets.
- Identify and eliminate duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modelling standards.
- Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC — minimise direct DB modifications.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in a backend engineering or data focused engineering role.
- Writes the cleanest SQL you've ever seen — proficiency in Python and SQL is non negotiable.
- Hands on experience with relational databases, particularly Postgres.
- Experience designing schemas and building data models that reflect real world business logic.
- Familiarity with DBT or similar data transformation frameworks.
- Strong understanding of data validation, testing, and quality assurance practices.
- Manages all infrastructure through IaC tooling (Pulumi, AWS CDK) — treats the database as code, not a manual system.
- Grasps new business domains quickly — able to translate unfamiliar logic into clean, intuitive data models without hand holding.
Bonus
- Experience with ClickHouse or columnar databases.
- Familiarity with cloud based data orchestration tools (Dagster, Step Functions).
- CI/CD practices for data pipelines and transformations.
- Experience operating databases at scale in a production environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and an equity sign on bonus.
- Biannual bonus scheme.
- Fully expensed tech to match your needs.
- Paid annual leave.
- Breakfast and dinner allowance for office based employees.
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