Sr. Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure (MySQL)

TL;DR

Sr. Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure (MySQL): Operating and enhancing a large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess with an accent on self-service and self-managing capabilities. Focus on capturing database performance, creating tools and dashboards to provide actionable insight into that data, and supporting FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities.

Location: Remote (Washington DC Metro Area). Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

Company

hirify.global enables people all over the world to communicate and collaborate together.

What you will do

• Operate and enhance our large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess.
• Develop tools to enable self-service and self-managing capabilities of our database infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on their database storage needs, and advise them throughout the development lifecycle.
• Write code to capture database performance, and create tools and dashboards to provide actionable insight into that data.
• Participate in our on-call rotation and collaborate with our operations team to triage and resolve production issues.
• Support FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
• 5+ years of experience in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed system-owning teams with increasing responsibilities.
• Professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java.
• Experience operating at least one distributed system, at scale and in a team environment (e.g., MySQL/Postgres, Kafka, Cassandra, or ElasticSearch).
• Experience deploying server software on Linux and operating it at scale.
• Experience operating cloud infrastructure, especially AWS.
• Familiarity with deployment automation/configuration management tools like Chef, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
• Strong communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive team that treats their colleagues exceptionally well.
• Encouragement and support for each other’s growth.