Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

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Requirements:

• 5-8 years of hands-on experience in database design, development, and enterprise-class operations with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, or Aurora MySQL.
• Experience managing a highly reliable database platform focusing on security, performance, and scale suitable for enterprise requirements.
• Experience migrating mission-critical database applications from on-premise to the cloud or managing a hybrid cloud environment.
• Proficient in data modeling for OLTP and OLAP workloads.
• Extensive experience in performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Experience in influencing product roadmap and prioritizing database initiatives to drive business outcomes.
• Experience writing high-performance Postgres modules and extensions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain petabyte-scale relational database systems focusing on availability, security, performance, and scalability.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to plan and execute database infrastructure build-outs, upgrades, and migrations.
• Serve as an expert in database performance, scalability, query tuning, monitoring, and incident response.
• Manage data replication in environments serving both batch and real-time use cases.
• Independently troubleshoot and resolve production and pre-production issues promptly.
• Contribute to major system upgrades, deployment automation, monitoring enhancements, and production changes.
• Create operational playbooks and documentation to drive changes within the team.