Database Engineer

Scale AI · San Francisco, NY, US

Scale AI is hiring for Database Engineer in San Francisco, NY, US. What you'll do: hiring, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: 5+ years of experience and familiarity with TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, C++, and SQL. Full-time, paying $162K.

Hiring signals for Database Administrators

SOC 15-1242 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Database Administrators Job Market Score

Driven by

Pay is above the national median ($197k vs $140k national)
Slow inflow of new postings (only 8% from the last 14 days)
Most postings refresh within a month (27% open 30+ days)

Database Administrators job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Database Administrators.

120Active postings
6Posted this week
32Open 30+ days27% of active
18Remote / hybrid15% of active
19%List salary23 of 120
0%Hourly0 of disclosed
$197kMedian annual (max)
—Median hourly (max)
17dMedian agep90 46d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Server / Host	12	—	—
Food Service	6	$207k n=3	—
DevOps / SRE	4	—	—
VP	2	—	—
Engineering	1	—	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Contract	5	$207k n=3	—
Full-time	2	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	78	$197k n=22	—
Professional Services	33	$207k n=5	—
Financial Services	22	—	—
Manufacturing	20	—	—
Retail	19	$197k n=15	—

Top categories

Server / Host12
Food Service6
DevOps / SRE4
VP2
Engineering1

In-demand skills

PostgreSQL28
SQL23
AWS22
MongoDB13
Python10
MySQL10
Linux9
TypeScript4

Top sectors

Technology78
Professional Services33
Financial Services22
Manufacturing20
Retail19
Transportation & Logistics19

Employment mix

Unspecified113 · 94%
Contract5 · 4%
Full-time2 · 2%

Top hiring companies

Salary: $162k · fulltime
Source: job-boards.greenhouse.io
Original link: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4688489005
ATS: Greenhouse
Posted: 2 weeks ago (2026-04-24)
Status: active

Skills: TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, C++, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Snowflake, AWS, Datadog

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: Hiring

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