Platform Database Administrator

Job Summary

As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, this full-time remote position will manage high-scale database environments, focusing on performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across core software suites.

Key responsibilities

• Optimize slow database queries and design indexing strategies to enhance performance across multiple databases
• Manage AWS Aurora environments, ensuring consistent system performance and reliability across 400+ database schemas
• Supervise MySQL/InnoDB internals tuning and implement advanced data pipeline optimizations

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Extensive experience with AWS relational database environments, particularly AWS Aurora
• Proficient in MySQL/InnoDB core behaviors and advanced indexing strategies
• Experience in system-level database performance profiling and query optimization
• Strong communication skills with a track record of collaborating with software engineering teams