DBA Engineer

Description

About Us

HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we’ve achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over 3500 midsize and multinational companies.

Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Fast-growing companies across the globe such as Monzo, Happy Socks, Gong, Fiverr, and VaynerMedia rely upon Bob to help them create the best work experiences for their people.

Come and be you with us

Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work, giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work. If that’s bubbly, shy, precise, funny, bold, kind, honest, brilliant, or anything in between, we’re waiting with open arms. Come join us.

Responsibilities:

PostgreSQL Expertise

• Leverage your in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with PostgreSQL to design, implement, and maintain high-performance database systems.
• Run regular performance tuning and optimization to ensure the efficiency and reliability of PostgreSQL databases.
  
  

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and implement effective database solutions, focusing on multithreading optimization and scalability.
• Develop and implement strategies for database growth management, including capacity planning, data partitioning, and storage optimization
• Proactively monitor and troubleshoot PostgreSQL-related incidents, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Work with our application team partners to ensure that the hardware resources allocated to the databases are optimized to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades
  
  

• 5 years of experience as a DBA - a must
• Proven experience as a Database Administrator with a strong focus on PostgreSQL - a must
• Experience with AWS and particularly RDS
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, performance tuning, and optimization
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to provide innovative solutions for scaling PostgreSQL databases to meet evolving business needs.
• Experience with troubleshooting and resolving complex database issues related to concurrency, locking, and resource contention in a multithreaded environment.
• You worked with Postgresql analysis tools such as pgBadger
• Familiarity with database security protocols and compliance standards
• Proficiency in implementing and managing high availability and disaster recovery solutions in PostgreSQL
  
  

• Experience with AWS Aurora.
• Experience with K8S, Helm is a plus