Database SRE

We prefer this person to be in the US: NYC, CHI or Austin. We would also take in the UK.

Must have:
Strong Postgres and ideally MySQL
Linux – almost up to par with our SRE roles
Python – must pass a intermediate coderpad (same as Systems role)

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain our PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure, supporting a globally distributed trading infrastructure and extending to large-scale research
• Configure and scale PostgreSQL and MySQL servers for trade-critical, real-time workflows
• Investigate and improve performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL queries and supporting infrastructure (Debian Linux)
• Engineer and apply infrastructure-as-code tools and services (Salt, Terraform, and others)
• Build and test proof of concept datastores to fit consumer use cases

Profile

• 5+ years of experience working in database management and infrastructure engineering
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing production database infrastructure, from security and replication to observability (monitoring, alerting, logging)
• Very good familiarity with state-of-the-art DB technologies and tradeoffs: distributed DBs, time-series DBs, relaxed consistency models, columnar storage
• Strong knowledge and experience with Linux (especially Debian)
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Ability to write Python scripts with understanding of data structures and the principles of software design
• Experience with dynamic clustering solutions such as Patroni
• Solid programming, performance troubleshooting, and networking knowledge
• Exceptional communication and project management skills – this role will require cross-collaboration with various stakeholders across our firm
• You are resourceful, have a sense of urgency, and are motivated to make things better