Description
We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, challenging environment and enjoys solving complex technical problems at scale.
In this role, you will support large-scale MySQL and open-source database environments across production and development systems, participate in an on-call rotation for critical production issues, drive automation to improve availability and scalability, and help architect both existing and new database services in our production environment.
Responsibilities:
- Support large-scale MySQL and open-source database environments
- Participate in on-call rotation for critical production issues
- Drive automation to improve availability and scalability
- Help architect existing and new database services
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience managing databases for enterprise cloud applications at scale
- 3+ years of experience working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL database environments
- Experience with managed cloud databases and core architecture principles
- Background as a Database Engineer/Architect/DRE operating Linux-based, clustered open-source and NoSQL technologies
- Proficient in Python or Go, with secondary scripting experience
- Proven experience with Linux operating systems and containerised environments
- Hands-on experience with containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools
- Hands-on experience supporting mission-critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other open-source databases
- Proven track record supporting mission-critical, high-availability production environments
Nice to Have:
- Deep knowledge of MySQL GTID, group replication, and Galera HA solutions
- Familiarity with ecosystem tools like Orchestrator, Percona, Vitess, Ceph, Gluster, and Pure Storage
- Solid understanding of IaaS capacity management principles
- Proficiency with GitHub, Jira, and Confluence, alongside excellent technical documentation and communication skills
- BS/MS in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience
Flexible Work:
- With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote
- Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work
- We spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners