PostgreSQL Database Administrator (x/f/m)

About this role

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a PostgreSQL Database Administrator to join the Database Optimization team within our Platform team!
• The Database Optimization team ensures the reliability and performance of our datastores while fostering a platform mindset in our transition to the "you build it, you run it" paradigm. It is a multidisciplinary team made of both Site Reliability Engineers and Software Engineers, which enables us to have a complete view of the problems we need to solve and of the alternative solutions we might implement to solve them.
• As a PostgreSQL Database Administrator (DBA), you will play a critical role in our mission for our main datastores: PostgreSQL / AWS Aurora, Kafka, Couchbase and OpenSearch. You'll ensure high availability while empowering feature teams with the tools and expertise they need to succeed!
• Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Reliability Engineering: Ensure high availability of our datastores and our own operational efficiency through observability, automation, tooling, backup strategies, disaster recovery planning and process improvement
• Database maintenance: Handle database infrastructure maintenance including upgrades, performance optimization, cost optimization and capacity planning
• Incident mitigation: Participate in incident response for datastore-related issues in production during business hours, when the issue cannot be fixed by the responsible feature team
• Database-as-a-service: Empower feature teams with database tooling, guidelines, training and support to manage and use their databases efficiently
• Datastore expertise sharing: Stay up-to-date with datastore technology evolution and share knowledge with the team on new features, best practices, and industry trends
• Who you are
• Are you convinced you have what it takes? We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. You could be our next team mate if you:
• Have 7+ years of experience as a DBA with strong inclination towards site reliability practices
• Have strong expertise in at least one of our core datastores (PostgreSQL, Couchbase or OpenSearch) or an equivalent technology, in a high-load and high-availability environment
• Have hands-on experience with Kafka or an equivalent technology
• Have hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud environments (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud) in a production environment
• Have excellent communication and mentoring skills and embrace the "you build it, you run it" philosophy
• Now, it would be fantastic if you:
• Have experience with multiple kinds of datastores and have curiosity and willingness to learn new datastores and adapt to evolving technology landscapes
• Have been involved in architecture choices for high traffic web applications, particularly scalability challenges on large databases, and building self-service services through Database as a Product approaches
• Are comfortable with Linux systems administration, automation, and performance troubleshooting
• Speak English fluently