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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Filevine is a cloud-based legal technology company providing case management, document management, and automation tools for law firms and legal departments. [1, 4, 30] It aims to simplify and elevate complex legal work. [5, 19]

Filevine

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 145k-180k USD

United States only

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Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.
Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.

Role Summary:

As a Senior DBRE, you are the guardian of our data’s performance, availability, and scalability. You aren't just managing instances; you are automating the entire lifecycle of our data platform. We are looking for an engineer who is eager to explore how AI-driven automation and MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations can take our operations to the next level—from predictive scaling to streamlining incident response. From managing mission-critical SQL Server and Postgres to provisioning via Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, you will be the backbone of our data reliability strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Automation Evolution: Proactively explore and implement AI tools, LLM integrations, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) to reduce routine database toil, optimize query performance, and accelerate incident resolution. We want a creative mind to help evolve our operational duties.
  • Modern Data Stack: Support our data warehouse ecosystem by optimizing Snowflake performance, including application packaging and testing.
  • Performance Engineering: Own the deep-level optimization of MSSQL (crucial for on-call stability) and PostgreSQL at the server, database, and query levels.
  • Capacity Planning & Cost Optimization: Forecast resource utilization across platforms. Identify cost-saving opportunities, optimize Snowflake credit usage, and right-size AWS infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Orchestration: Automate all data infrastructure using Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will manage containerized data services and stateful workloads.
  • CI/CD & Release Management: Manage and optimize deployment pipelines using GitLab and Octopus Deploy, ensuring safe, repeatable database schema changes.
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create technical documentation, including runbooks, "how-to" guides for developer self-service, and clear architectural diagrams.
  • On-Call & Triage: Serve as the subject matter expert for SQL Server, Postgres, and Snowflake in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation.

Qualifications

  • DBA Fundamentals: 8+ years of experience maintaining and optimizing high-traffic production databases, specifically Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
  • Expert knowledge in Snowflake.
  • DevOps Expertise: Professional experience with Terraform, AWS, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy.
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Expert-level knowledge of Docker and production experience running stateful applications within Kubernetes (K8s).
  • AI & Integration: Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and experience using LLMs to assist in coding or system automation.
  • Scripting & Programming: Expert-level Python and PowerShell skills. Familiarity with C# and object-oriented programming (OOP).ORM Optimization: Expert in tuning queries generated from ORMs (Entity Framework, Dapper, etc.).
  • The Data Stack: Hands-on experience with Snowflake (packaging/testing) and DynamoDB.
  • Familiarity with OpenSearch, Redis and DynamoDB.
  • Education: B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent direct work experience.
Compensation Information: $145k - 180k
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. The total compensation package for this position will be determined by each individual’s location, qualifications, education, work experience, skills and performance. We believe in the importance of pay equity - the range listed is just one component of Filevine’s total compensation package for employees. This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

Cool Company Benefits:

- A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Competitive & Fair Pay
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short & long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Top-of-the-line company swag

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Salary: 145k-180k USD

Education

Bachelor degree
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Experience

8 years minimum

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About Filevine

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Filevine's journey began from the real-world frustrations of practicing attorneys Ryan Anderson and Nate Morris. As lawyers managing a growing firm, they found existing software solutions inadequate for the pace and complexity of their work. This firsthand experience of the legal profession's daily grind – the mountains of paperwork, the critical deadlines, and the constant need for seamless client communication – fueled a desire for something better. They envisioned a system that could truly support the demanding nature of legal practice, a stark contrast to the clunky, outdated tools they were forced to use. This wasn't just about incremental improvement; it was about fundamentally rethinking how legal work could be managed with modern technology.

The turning point came when Anderson and Morris connected with Jim Blake, described as a 'one-of-a-kind, truly brilliant engineer'. [1, 12] This meeting of legal insight and engineering prowess was the catalyst for Filevine's creation. [1, 12] Together, they embarked on a mission to build a platform designed by lawyers, for lawyers. Starting with a focus on personal injury firms, Filevine was initially conceived as a task management software. However, the ambition was always larger. The team recognized that legal professionals across all practice areas were underserved by existing technology and were hungry for tools that could genuinely make their lives easier and their work more effective. This understanding, coupled with a commitment to listening to customer needs, drove Filevine's evolution. The company expanded its offerings to cover the entire legal matter lifecycle, acquiring companies like Lead Docket and Outlaw to enhance its capabilities in lead intake and document management. [1, 2] From its early days, operating on a shoestring budget, Filevine has grown into a comprehensive legal operating system, now valued at over a billion dollars and serving thousands of law firms and legal departments. [1, 2, 19] The platform now incorporates advanced AI features, demonstrating a continued commitment to innovation and to transforming the way legal work gets done. [1, 19]

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Life Insurance

Offers life insurance.

Performance Bonus

Offers performance-based bonuses.

Health Insurance

Provides health insurance coverage.

401(K)

Offers a 401(K) plan for retirement savings.

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