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Senior Cloud Database Engineer

2 months, 1 week ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Database Administrator
DevOps and Infrastructure
AWS CI/CD Datadog DynamoDB Java Linux MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL Python Shell Scripting Terraform
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Marqeta

Marqeta

Marqeta is a pioneer in modern card issuing and payment solutions, offering businesses instant card issuance and payment processing through their innovative open API platform.

Diversified Financial Services
251-1K
Founded 2010
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Description

  • Own the databases that power Marqeta’s card issuing platform.
  • Automate the lifecycle management of AWS Aurora instances.
  • Collaborate with application teams to analyze and improve database performance.
  • Contribute to the technical vision for relational and non-relational database maintenance and cloud migration.
  • Design high availability and disaster recovery solutions for database architecture.
  • Work on platform architecture, database partitioning, sharding, and database footprint evolution.
  • Partner with engineers across teams to execute short- and long-term technical initiatives.
  • Perform root cause analysis, remediation, and documentation to reduce incidents.
  • Write clear design documents and communicate technical decisions and trade-offs to stakeholders.
  • Contribute to monitoring and alerting practices and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer.
  • Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience with cloud-native databases, preferably AWS, including Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.
  • Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and distributed systems including replication and failover.
  • Experience with IaC and automation/orchestration tools such as Terraform and AWS Step Functions.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, job runners, and deployment automation.
  • Solid understanding of database administration, including internals, query tuning, indexing, and performance metrics.
  • Proficiency in Python.
  • Experience with Linux commands and shell scripting.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools, preferably Datadog.
  • Strong ownership, continuous learning, and ability to work cross-functionally.
  • Nice to have: experience with logical/physical migrations and blue-green switchovers.
  • Nice to have: experience with database fleet management, AI tooling, and basic Java.
  • Nice to have: experience in payments or FinTech.
  • Nice to have: experience with ProxySQL and/or RDS Proxy.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $144,100 to $180,100 USD for the National tier.
  • Annual bonuses for eligible employees.
  • Multiple health insurance options.
  • Flexible time off with a take-what-you-need policy.
  • Retirement savings program with company contribution and after-tax contributions.
  • Equity in a publicly traded company plus 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 remote work.
  • Annual development dollars for learning and growth.
  • Flexible First work model with the freedom to work remotely in the United States in eligible locations.

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