Who we are:

Key Responsibilities

• Manage core database operations, including user access, instance scaling, and performance tuning
• Lead major and minor database upgrades
  Design and test backup strategies to ensure we can restore data quickly with almost no downtime
• Collaborate with developers on schema migrations and query tuning
• Use Datadog/Cloudwatch to monitor system health and set up alerting
• Manage compliance requirements
  Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis and resolution
• Develop database standards improve site stability and reduce the blast radius of incidents
• Build and maintain self-service tools, such as our Automated Data Model Change approval tooling
• Design Terraform for management of RDS infrastructure and deployment through Atlantis
• Develop automation scripts using Python to assist in Django migration issues and model tuning

Your Qualifications and Skills

• You have 3-5 years of experience as a Database Administrator
• You have experience managing databases in a cloud native environment (preferably AWS RDS)
• You have 4+ years of hands-on experience managing production environments with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL
• You have a strong focus on scripting and automation and have proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (eg: Python)
• You are proficient with infrastructure as code (eg: Terraform or CDK)
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog/Cloudwatch or ELK stack
• Bonus: Having the skill to use AI tools to assist with coding or monitoring is a great advantage
• Bonus: Familiarity with database integration with an ORM, preferably Django

Our Style

• We are proud to be professional software developers building high quality, scalable and supportable solutions
• We are curious and passionate about learning, providing the right environment and resources for professional growth
• We are committed to building, fostering and maintaining a culture of inclusivity and diversity both on our teams and in our products
• We embrace progressive engineering practices including automated testing and a continuous deployment pipeline
• We are serious about the quality of our production operation, and have thorough system, application and user interaction monitoring and anomaly detection
• We are passionate about data-driven decision-making
• We are friendly, supportive and respectful, and we pay attention to the impact and quality of our work as well as keeping work/life balance
• And, dogs in the office. Bring yours, too!

Benefits of Working at Rover.com:

• Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout
• Pension plan
• Private medical insurance
• 25 days PTO
• Meal allowance and flexible compensation plan (transport and nursery)
• Gym membership
• €450 to cover the costs associated with the adoption of a pet
• Annual €150 wellness reimbursement
• Flexible work hours, sometimes you'll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we're pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and time
• Grab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself going
• Regular team activities, events, game nights, and more
• Dog-friendly office

Compensation:

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