Jobber
SaaS
SeniorDatabaseEngineer
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“Senior Database Engineer at Jobber. Skills: Database administration, Postgres, Cloud environments, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, AWS. build and maintain an industry leading product. ensuring the stability and scalability of our fleet of Aurora Postgres databases”
What You'll Achieve.
help people in small businesses to become successful; deliver value to tens of thousands of users around the world; keeps Jobber running smoothly; empower developers to deliver value to customers efficiently; work on complex, high-impact systems that are core to Jobber’s success; help ensure our infrastructure remains available and responsive to our customers; make their lives easier
Industry & Context.
solve problems that millions of entrepreneurs are facing; drive solutions; help ensure our infrastructure remains available and responsive to our customers
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5 to 10 years administering databases such as Postgres, Oracle or MySQL, preferably in a cloud environment., An understanding of Postgres internals and query analysis tools like explain plan, as well as DB performance monitoring tools like RDS Performance (Database) Insights., Experience with Disaster Recovery / High Availability architectures., Familiar with some “glue” languages (eg. Bash, Python, Ruby)
Nice to Have
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, Familiarity with AWS technologies including: RDS Aurora, RDS Proxy and Database Migration Services or their non-AWS equivalents., Understanding of caching technologies like Redis and Memcache, 2-3 years development experience, Experience with Rails ActiveRecord, Experience with Terraform, Experience with ElasticSearch, Experience with AWS Redshift
What You'll Do.
build and maintain an industry leading product
ensuring the stability and scalability of our fleet of Aurora Postgres databases
identifying and fixing issues such as cache optimization
ensure we have appropriate monitoring and alerting in place
collaborate with the development teams on things like schema design and query optimization and refactoring
cost analysis and optimization of the database in the AWS cloud
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work, along with the infrastructure team and the rest of the engineering organization; collaborate with the development teams
Full Job Description
DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP MORE THAN JUST A PRODUCT? Then Jobber might be the place for you! We’re looking for a Senior Database Engineer to be part of our Product Engineering team. At Jobber, we don’t just build a product – we work on real problems that help people in small businesses to become successful. We are inspired by our company values: be humble, be supportive and give a sh*t, which are not just said but are lived. We work in a collaborative environment where teams make decisions with autonomy and contribute directly to shaping the company’s future. We release early and often while dedicating time to addressing technical debt. We believe in getting instant feedback from our customers and leveraging that to make their lives easier. We help employees grow professionally; we have a ton of onboarding resources, tutorials, hackathons, and buddies to support learnings and provide opportunities to innovate. We have a range of experience levels on teams which allow for mentor/mentee opportunities. Leaders at Jobber work with empathy and support employees to build a healthy work-life harmony. Bring your dedication and passion to this job to fulfill your goals. The team: Our Product Engineering team is central to the success of Jobber - focused on creating software that delivers value to tens of thousands of users around the world.The McCloud team keeps Jobber running smoothly by building high-performance, highly available systems, and optimizing resource use. We manage critical infrastructure with minimal downtime and empower developers to deliver value to customers efficiently. Joining this team is an opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems that are core to Jobber’s success! At Jobber we never stop growing and learning, and you shouldn’t either. Through continuous 1:1’s, dedicated feedback and support from your manager and our Learning and Development team, and your own sense of curiosity, we hope you develop to another level with your skill set. The role:
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