Job Overview
The Senior Database Administrator is a critical role in scaling our data systems, leveraging AI-powered technology. This exciting opportunity involves collaborating with a team focused on developing new products, evolving our platform, and ensuring seamless system scalability for our global creative community.
The Role
This position requires hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments, ideally within AWS (Aurora, RDS). The successful candidate will possess a proven ability to design and evolve schemas for fast-changing product environments, demonstrating strong understanding of query performance, indexing, and relational data modeling.
Responsibilities
* Own the performance, security, and availability of our PostgreSQL systems running in AWS.
* Collaborate closely with squads to shape data models, optimize queries, and support feature delivery.
* Diagnose and resolve slow queries and bottlenecks, proactively improving performance at scale.
* Monitor, alert, back up, patch, and upgrade production databases as part of our on-call support rotation.
* Document and improve shared patterns, standards, and tooling across our engineering organization.
Requirements
* Hands-on PostgreSQL experience in production environments, ideally within AWS (Aurora, RDS).
* Proven ability to design and evolve schemas for fast-changing product environments.
* Strong understanding of query performance, indexing, and relational data modeling.
Our Culture
* We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.
* We prioritize work-life balance, offering flexibility to work remotely or from our offices.
* Your growth and development are our priority, with continuous learning opportunities and career advancement tailored to your goals.