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Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 501-1,000Since 2010H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

75 days ago

Salary

$144.1K - $180.1K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Marqeta

• Be part of a 24x7 on-call rotation supporting all services the Database Engineering teams owns. • Contribute to the technical vision for database engineering in maintenance and Cloud migration of the relational and non-relational databases used at Marqeta. • Contribute to the design of high availability and disaster recovery solutions for database architecture. • Work on initiatives including but not limited to platform architecture, database partitioning, sharding, and the continuous evolution of the database footprint to support business growth. • Keep automation as the primary focus and ensure the design is tightly coupled with various automation to reduce manual work. • Work with the engineers from various teams to execute on short- and long-term technical vision. • Work on the root cause analysis, remediation and document efforts to effectively minimize incidents. • Write clear design documents and articulate technical decisions and trade-offs to peers and stakeholders. • Contribute to monitoring and alerting practices using tools like Datadog. • Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team standards.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years experience as a backend engineer and a Bachelor's degree. In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
  • Experienced with cloud native databases (AWS preferred), including transactional RDBMS such as Aurora, MySQL, and Postgres, as well as NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or MongoDB.
  • Experienced in cloud based high availability, disaster recovery, and distributed systems including replication and failover.
  • Experienced in IaC, automation and orchestration tools (Terraform, AWS Step Function, etc.).
  • Experienced CI/CD — pipelines, job runners, deployment automation
  • Solid understanding of database administration: internals, query tuning, indexing, and performance metrics.
  • Proficient in Python.
  • Experience with Linux commands and shell scripting.
  • Experienced in monitoring and observability tools: Datadog preferred.
  • Strong sense of ownership — you follow through, raise issues proactively, and take accountability for your work.
  • Curious and committed to continuous learning — you actively keep up with industry trends and apply new knowledge to your work.
  • You have a team-oriented approach – can effectively work on a project and cross-functionally with other teams.

Benefits

  • Multiple health insurance options
  • Flexible time off – take what you need
  • Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
  • Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
  • Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
  • Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
  • Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
  • Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

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