Staff Database Administrator
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Job Overview
Location
Remote
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Arrangement
Remote
Sector
Information Technology & Software
Experience Level
Senior (5-8 years)
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Database Administrator to join our dynamic team. This role is pivotal in managing and optimizing large-scale relational database systems that power some of the world's most visited websites.
You will be responsible for ensuring the health, performance, and availability of our databases across production, staging, and development environments. Key duties include designing and automating replication topologies, monitoring query performance, and guaranteeing data integrity at scale.
As part of a small, high-impact global team, you will collaborate across different departments, participate in incident response, and contribute to strategic infrastructure and capacity planning. This position is perfect for individuals passionate about high-availability systems, database optimization, and open-source technologies, offering a chance to make a significant impact.
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Required Skills
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the performance, availability, and structural integrity of large-scale production database systems.
- Deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize relational databases in production, staging, and development environments.
- Design, implement, manage, and automate multi-site replication topologies.
- Consult on database schema design, query optimization, and oversee schema changes in production.
- Monitor, debug, and optimize query performance to improve efficiency and responsiveness.
- Improve observability through alerting, monitoring, and metrics tracking of database infrastructure.
- Conduct capacity and infrastructure planning, including hardware management and scaling strategies.
- Contribute to automation of common database management workflows and ensure reliable backup/restoration processes.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for incident response, system alerts, and outage diagnostics.
- Maintain engagement with upstream database projects, collaborating on bug resolution and enhancements.
Qualifications
- Advanced experience with MariaDB or MySQL administration in production environments, including complex replication topologies.
- Proficiency in SQL, query optimization, and schema design for large-scale systems.
- Hands-on experience with high-traffic, highly available web architectures and database operations.
- Familiarity with MySQL high-availability and replication management tools.
- Strong Linux knowledge, including storage, IO, and troubleshooting in production systems.
- 6+ years of hands-on DBA experience in team environments.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, globally distributed team using asynchronous communication and ticketing systems.
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Willingness to travel 1–2 times per year.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive and equitable compensation, adjusted to location and experience.
- Fully remote role with flexibility to work from anywhere in supported countries.
- Opportunity to contribute to widely used, high-impact open-source projects.
- Collaborative, globally distributed, and inclusive work environment.
- Professional growth and learning opportunities in high-scale infrastructure and database engineering.
- Participation in on-call rotations with full team support and training.
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This role is crucial for maintaining the health and performance of large-scale database systems that support high-traffic websites. You'll be instrumental in ensuring data integrity, optimizing performance, and supporting various environments. Your work will directly impact millions of users by keeping our critical systems running smoothly.
Posted Date
March 11, 2026
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