Wise
Global technology
PlatformEngineer-DatabasePlatform-Python
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“Platform Engineer - Database Platform - Python at Wise. Skills: Platform Engineering, Database Platform, Automation, YugabyteDB. Design database platform. Build database platform”
What You'll Achieve.
build and operate a global platform that’s scalable, reliable, and secure; shaping how we run databases globally; ensuring reliability, scalability, and security at every step; make our systems more resilient; developer-friendly systems; simplify complex infrastructure; build guardrails; deliver platforms that help product teams move fast
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Platform Engineering experience, cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), Python development skills, software engineering principles, Cloud APIs, DevOps tooling
Nice to Have
distributed databases at scale, YugabyteDB, CockroachDB, TiDB, Cloud Spanner, migration patterns, automation for provisioning, backups and upgrades, Database-as-a-Service platforms, internal developer tooling, front-end development experience
What You'll Do.
Design database platform
Build database platform
Evolve database platform
Contribute to YugabyteDB design
Validate YugabyteDB components
Rollout YugabyteDB components
Embed security controls
Embed compliance controls
Collaborate with product teams
Apply platform guardrails
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating across the Platform tribe; Work closely with other Platform and Data teams; Collaborate with product teams, SREs and DBAs
Communication Scope
Clear communicator
Full Job Description
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about [our mission](https://wise.jobs/our-mission) and [what we offer](https://wise.jobs/what-we-offer). About the role You’ll work on high-scale systems used by hundreds of engineers, shaping how we run databases globally through automation, observability, and platform thinking - developing the internal database platform, automation, and tooling that powers hundreds of databases across multiple environments. Our team provides “Databases as a Service” to the rest of Wise, managing a critical database estate of ~1,000 instances. You’ll design and build the systems, tooling, and automation that make this possible - ensuring reliability, scalability, and security at every step. We’re looking for a Platform Engineer (IC2 level) to join our Database Platform team. You’ll help build and operate a global platform that’s scalable, reliable, and secure - developing the internal database platform, automation, and tooling that powers hundreds of databases across multiple environments. You’ll work on high-scale systems used by hundreds of engineers, shaping how we run databases globally. Our team provides “Databases as a Service” to the rest of Wise, managing a critical database estate of ~1,000 instances. You’ll design and build the systems, tooling, and automation that make this possible - ensuring reliability, scalability, and security at every step. We are evaluating YugabyteDB as our distributed SQL engine; this role will contribute to validating, automating and operating Yugabyte-based platform components under the guida
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