Database Reliability Engineer – Nira

Nira is looking for a talented Senior/Lead Database Engineer to join our fast-growing engineering team. You will provide technical expertise across design, implementation and operational support of our cloud database platforms.

If you’re a creative problem-solver and enjoy a fast-paced work environment, then this is a great opportunity for you.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the evolution of both relational and non-relational data processing, storage and analytics solutions for Nira
• Solution design/architecture, data modelling
• Influence design and implementation of data engineering and data pipelines bringing data from sources as well as APIs and integration for downstream applications
• Database performance engineering to achieve throughput, resilience and enable scaling
• Code standards, code reviews, technical planning/research, testing/QA
• Assist in scoping, estimating, and planning of projects that are enabled by data processing, storage and analysis technologies
• Collaborate with a squad of 2-5 engineers collaborating to deliver new feature/function bundles

Who We’re Looking For

• You’ve been specifically focused on the database/data storage layer for 8-10 years, across multiple use cases and technologies
• You’ve got 5+ years experience in designing and building enterprise data solutions on open source or OS-derived database technologies such as PostGres or MySQL delivered from providers like AWS through services like Aurora
• You’ve got 3+ years experience with specialist data technologies such as in-memory databases, graph databases, document databases, key-value stores – we’re particularly interested in solutions like MemSQL/SingleStore, Memgraph, AWS Neptune, Redis, Memcached
• You’ve got 5+ years of experience in data modelling and query technologies eg you’re comfortable creating ERDs, using SQL and SQL extensions/wrappers, Gremlin, perhaps Cypher, and have probably looked at technologies like RDF
• You’ve likely seen open source machine learning or analytics in some form during your career – eg Python data science, Pytorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Hadoop etc.
• You’ve got several years of experience working with common backend technologies eg Go, Python, AWS services, Docker, event/streaming solutions like Kafka/SQS, and ETL-ELT/data transformation tools
• You have high accountability and ownership of your work, but a willingness to collaborate with others to achieve shared goals.
• You have a bias towards action. You love to move fast, are self motivated, and a life-long learner.
• You care about working on fast-growing products while iterating and sweating the details.
• You’re willing to do whatever it takes, even if this means working outside of your role (backend help frontend, frontend help backend, handle customer support, etc).
• You’re able to effectively balance speed/quality/tech debt and make engineering decisions that enable speed and quality results.
• You’re a product thinker who cares about the customer.

Benefits and Perks

• Work From Anywhere – 100% remote/distributed team
• Flexible Work Schedule
• BYO Kit or Company Allowance
• Competitive Salary
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical and Dental (US only)