Database Reliability Engineer
Fuse Energy is an energy startup on a mission to make energy abundant and affordable, fast. We combine first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. Backed by over $200M from top-tier investors—including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird, and Collaborative Fund—alongside strategic angels like Nico Rosberg and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, and Uber, we’re building a fully integrated energy company. Our work spans developing solar, batteries, and other generation projects; building proprietary hardware; improving grid infrastructure; real-time power trading; AI-driven operations; and installing distributed energy in homes. By selling directly to consumers, we eliminate the middleman, lower costs, and pass savings on to customers.
About the role
We're hiring a Database Reliability Engineer to own the reliability, performance, and scalability of Fuse's data infrastructure. This is a remote role.
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, trustworthy datasets
- Identify and eliminate duplicates, improve data consistency, and enforce clean modeling standards
- Manage all database and infrastructure changes through IaC, minimizing direct DB modifications
Requirements
- 3+ years in a backend engineering or data-focused engineering role
- Excellent SQL; 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), treating the database as code
- Grasps new business domains quickly, translating unfamiliar logic into clean, intuitive data models
Skills
- Bonus: ClickHouse or columnar databases
- Bonus: Cloud-based data orchestration (Dagster, Step Functions)
- Bonus: CI/CD for data pipelines and transformations
- Bonus: Operating databases at scale in production
Benefits
- Competitive salary and eligibility for equity
- Biannual bonus scheme
- Fully expensed tech to match your needs
- Private health insurance
- Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees
As we hire globally, benefits vary by location.