Database Engineer (Cassandra)

TL;DR

Database Engineer (Cassandra): Responsible for the design, deployment, management, and optimization of large-scale Cassandra clusters. Focus on ensuring scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and optimizing performance.

Location: This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Company

hirify.global is the financial technology platform of choice, offering a comprehensive solution encompassing payments, data, and financial products for renowned customers.

What you will do

• Design and implement new Cassandra clusters and data models ensuring scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Proactively monitor, manage, and maintain production Cassandra clusters, including performance tuning, capacity planning, upgrades, and patching.
• Diagnose and resolve complex Cassandra-related issues, including performance bottlenecks, data inconsistencies, and replication problems.
• Identify and implement strategies for optimizing Cassandra performance, including schema design, query optimization, and hardware resource utilization.
• Develop and implement automation scripts and tools for Cassandra operations, deployments, and monitoring.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure efficient and effective use of Cassandra, providing guidance on data modeling and best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience running and managing large-scale Cassandra clusters in a production environment with sizeable workloads.
• Extensive understanding of Cassandra architecture, data modeling, replication, consistency levels, compaction strategies, and performance tuning.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in a distributed database environment.
• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating database tasks.
• Experience with monitoring tools relevant to Cassandra (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with other NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives.
• Business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them.

Hiring process

• We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days.
• Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete.
• Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.