Principal Database Architect (MySQL)

Location: Remote; role listed in Bishkek, with a New York address also provided

Company

ObjectStyle provides open-source solutions and commercial software development services, with offices in the US and Poland and clients including organizations in the US, Australia, and the EU.

What you will do

• Define the data platform roadmap across legacy on-premises systems and cloud-native AWS solutions.
• Design high-availability and disaster-recovery architectures, including replication, failover, and cross-region redundancy.
• Lead major database migrations, upgrades, and platform consolidations.
• Implement backup and restore strategies, SLOs, and SLIs as a database reliability engineer.
• Enforce least-privilege access, PII protection, and SOC 2 controls.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and database change management while mentoring teams and translating business requirements into scalable data solutions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, DBA, or infrastructure roles, including 2+ years in a lead or architect capacity.
• Deep hands-on MySQL expertise, including Performance Schema, InnoDB internals, and replication management.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and on-premises Linux environments and SOC environments.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Bash or PowerShell, AWS services, Terraform or CloudFormation, and CI/CD for database changes.
• Experience with data warehousing, database modeling, and observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or CloudWatch.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience, with strong communication and strategic cost-awareness.

Nice to have

• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL databases.
• AWS Certified Database – Specialty or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedule with an emphasis on avoiding overtime.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to share ideas and receive feedback.
• Experienced colleagues and opportunities for professional growth.
• Comfortable and safe working environment.