STAFF CLOUD DATABASE ENGINEER

Company: Varo Money
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: September 27, 2024

Job Description:

US Remote / Charlotte, NC / Salt Lake City, UT / San Francisco, CATechnology - Infrastructure /Full-time /RemoteThe Data Engineering Team is a key component of our mission on building a new kind of bank. Our goal is to build products that help improve the financial well-being of our customers. You will get to work with new technology stacks, be part of a growing and diverse workplace, and improve the financial lives of others. In our Engineering team, we value personal growth, initiative and ownership, collaboration, and the importance of thinking like an engineer. We work closely with engineers, product managers, and leaders to provide customer value.Varo is seeking a talented Staff Cloud Database Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for the cloud database services, where you'll drive the vision and ownership for all of the enterprise database systems. As a staff level engineer, in addition to building and improving our infrastructure and processes, you will lead and mentor the team(s) while coordinating and communicating with stakeholders.What you'll be doingWork with stakeholders to understand database requirements, plan capacity, drive observability for database(s), execute maintenance, and build enterprise level roadmaps for database initiatives Provide architecture consultation around optimal database design and performance -Work with Engineering teams to help resolve database issues and deficienciesImprove operational support including monitoring, performance analysis, testing, and debuggingProvide regular database training including holding discussions with development teams regarding best practices, trade-offs, and risk mitigationMonitor and be on-call for all aspects of databases from the hardware; like disk, network, cpu, and memory as well as internal components like tables, indexes, error logs, transaction logs, user sessions, and buffers Identify and resolve database contention and performance issues (slow-running queries, bottlenecks, and other latency related issues)You'll bring the following required skills and experiences5+ years experience in Python programming8+ years of Postgres Database Administration experience on RDS5+ years of AWS Redshift Database Administration experience5+ years of experience with systems administration in a Linux environment5+ years of experience on AWS - particularly IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, DMSSolid understanding of distributed computing environmentsExpertise in database administration activities like installation, configuration, backup & recovery, query optimizations, creating roles, managing user permissions and resolving deadlocks Expertise with query analyzers and query tuningExperience in implementing different types of replication models like Snapshot, Merge and TransactionalExpertise in handling database maintenance with minimal to zero downtime$180,000 - $196,000 a yearFor cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Per applicable law, the salary range for this role is $180,000 - $196,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the identified range.#MidSenior

Keywords: Varo Money, Union City , STAFF CLOUD DATABASE ENGINEER, IT / Software / Systems , San Francisco, California