Database Engineer, Sr
About The Position
A successful Senior Database Engineer at Clover transforms database infrastructure into a powerful, scalable engine that drives our payment ecosystem. You'll be the architect of performance, designing and optimizing database solutions that enable seamless transactions for over 1M merchants worldwide. Your expertise will directly impact how small and medium businesses process $310 billion in card transactions, turning technical challenges into strategic opportunities that support business growth and innovation. The Database team within Clover Infrastructure is responsible for managing and scaling SQL deployments in the cloud heavily dependent on MySQL Databases and NoSQL MongoDB solutions, ensuring seamless performance and reliability. With a forward-looking approach, we explore cutting-edge cloud technologies to enhance scalability, simplify management, and boost database performance. Collaborating closely with developers, we co-design database strategies tailored to specific requirements. Beyond maintaining performance and the technology stack, our role is pivotal in shaping the future of databases.
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Computer Science
- 8+ years with MySQL, including replication, sharding, database performance tuning, and backups
- 3+ years with NoSQL preferably MongoDB with Atlas and sharding experience
- Experience with Planetscale/Vitess
- Cloud-native database experience and DevOps familiarity
- Docker and Kubernetes proficiency
- Clear understanding of Network constructs and Network security
Nice To Haves
- Master's in Computer Science
- Distributed systems architecture
- High availability design
- Performance optimization techniques
- Database migration strategies
- 6+ years of an equivalent combination of educational background, related experience, and/or military experience
Responsibilities
- Ensure high reliability and performance for applications while supporting new feature development
- Perform schema changes without downtime in a growing sharded database environment
- Manage data migrations between shards and create new clusters to support growth
- Resolve performance issues through analysis and optimization
- Automate routine DBA tasks to improve efficiency and reliability
- Support development of new features in both RDBMS and NoSQL environments
Benefits
- annual incentive opportunity
- cash bonus
- equity awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
