Senior Platform Engineer - Database Platform (m/f/x)
August 29
🏢 In-office - London
Description
• Build and operate high-quality software systems to help the database platform scale as the company and our customers grow • Use monitoring tools and systematic debugging to prevent and resolve issues • Participate and contribute to the team’s roadmap, technical decisions and planning, by producing quality proposals, giving meaningful feedback and driving alignment • Collaborate and share knowledge asynchronously using written documentation such as RFCs, runbooks and architecture diagrams • Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and raise them within the team • Foster a culture in which people are encouraged to work collaboratively and grow from mistakes • Participate in the global on-call rotation and prepare other engineers for on-call
Requirements
• 3+ years building and owning services in languages such as Go or Rust • Knowledge of database internals such as indexing, sharding, replication and storage management. We primarily use MongoDB with some PostgreSQL • Strong experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS or Azure) • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, or Pulumi • Familiarity with SRE principles and practices such as monitoring and alerting, SLOs and incident response • Experience providing high-quality code reviews and mentoring teammates • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team • Fluent written and spoken English
Benefits
• Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks • Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country • Learning & Development Budget • Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses • Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees • Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment
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