Wise
Tech / AI / Software
SeniorDataPlatformEngineer-DatabasePlatform-Python
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“Senior Data Platform Engineer - Database Platform - Python at Wise. Skills: Platform Engineering, Database Platform Development, Automation, Distributed SQL Systems, Cloud Infrastructure. Design, build, and evolve internal cloud-based database platform.. Own technical roadmap and delivery for YugabyteDB platform components.”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure reliability, scalability, and security at every step.; Take long-term ownership of key platform components and are accountable for their engineering excellence and outcomes.; Help build and operate a global platform that’s scalable, reliable, and secure.; Shape how we run databases globally.; Optimize for predictable delivery and measurable outcomes.; Keep risk within appetite.
Industry & Context.
Simplify complex infrastructure; Build guardrails; Deliver platforms that help product teams move fast; Proactively identify technical debt and plan remediation work; Lead minor and major incident resolution
Participate in on-call rotations and provide senior escalation support when required.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Significant Platform Engineering experience, with demonstrated senior ownership of production platform systems at scale., Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)., Python development skills (or similar)., Solid understanding of software engineering principles - writing secure, testable, maintainable code., Proficiency with Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Teleport)., Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams., Ability to clearly articulate technical trade-offs, business impact, and customer value., Experience leading or significantly contributing to incident response and post-incident improvement.
Nice to Have
Practical experience with distributed databases at scale (YugabyteDB preferred, or CockroachDB/TiDB/Cloud Spanner)., Deep operational expertise with distributed SQL systems in production., Experience or interest in implementing migration patterns (CDC/logical replication, verification and rollback) and automation for provisioning, backups and upgrades., Demonstrated leadership of migration strategy and execution., Experience building Database-as-a-Service platforms or internal developer tooling., Experience influencing technical or product roadmaps.
What You'll Do.
and evolve internal cloud-based database platform.
Own technical roadmap and delivery for YugabyteDB platform components.
validation and rollout of YugabyteDB-based platform components.
Implement automation for provisioning
backups and routine operations for Yugabyte clusters.
Define long-term automation strategy.
Embed security and compliance controls into Yugabyte platform components.
Be accountable for availability
and security of owned systems.
Act as escalation point for owned area.
Participate in on-call rotations.
Mentor and coach other engineers.
Reduce single points of failure.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate across Platform tribe.; Work closely with other Platform and Data teams.; Collaborate with product teams, SREs and DBAs.; Represent the team in cross-tribe or cross-company engineering efforts and guilds.; Participate in interviewing and hiring activities.
Communication Scope
Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams.; Ability to clearly articulate technical trade-offs, business impact, and customer value.
Process & Methodology
Lead initiatives end-to-end, optimising for predictable delivery and measurable outcomes., Plan remediation work for technical debt.
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). 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 large, critical database estate of ~1,000 instances. You’ll design, build and operate the systems, tooling, and automation that make this possible - ensuring reliability, scalability, and security at every step. You'll take long-term ownership of key platform components and are accountable for their engineering excellence and outcomes. About the role We’re looking for a Senior I Platform Engineer 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. We are evaluating YugabyteDB as our distributed SQL engine. At this level you will lead technical evaluations, define adoption strategies and own significant aspects of the progression from proof-of-concept to Production and ongoing operations of this engine. This will involve working with other senior engi
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