Senior Postgres Database Engineer, Product Reliability

Joining Collibra’s Product Reliability team

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Senior Database Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the optimal performance, scalability, and reliability of our database systems. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, providing technical leadership, and implementing best practices to enhance the overall efficiency of our database infrastructure.

This is a hybrid role based in our Brussels office. Our hybrid model means you’ll work from the office at least two days each week. This setup helps us stay connected, work more closely together, and keep making progress as a team.

Senior Database Engineers at Collibra are responsible for

• Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize database performance through monitoring, tuning, and query optimization to ensure optimal response times and efficient resource utilization. Collaborate with our engineering teams to brainstorm, assist with resolution.
• Right Sizing: Conduct capacity planning and forecasting to anticipate future database requirements and ensure scalability. Automate a way to do that sizing with scalability.
• Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution: Diagnose and resolve complex database issues, including performance bottlenecks, scalability problems, and data inconsistencies.Analyze observability data to identify patterns, trends, and potential performance bottlenecks.
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, system administrators, and other stakeholders to understand application requirements and provide guidance on database-related concerns.
• Automation: Implement automation for repetitive tasks, and performance monitoring to streamline processes and enhance efficiency. Develop and maintain automated solutions for continuous workload analysis at scale, allowing for proactive identification of potential issues.
• Best practices & documentation:  Best practices for developing the overall database architecture, database configurations, processes, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Mentoring and Training: Provide mentorship and training to junior team members, sharing expertise and fostering continuous learning within the team.

You have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent related working experience is required. Advanced degree preferred.  
• Proven experience as a Database Performance Engineer or similar role with at least 5 of hands-on experience.
• Expertise in database management systems in PostgreSQL or other DBMS and proficiency in SQL. 
• Professional experience in Cloud hosting platforms like AWS and GCP, with a preference for those with managed database experience.
• Nice to have: knowledge of graph databases. 
• You must have work authorization to work in Brussels, Belgium.

You are

• Equipped with in-depth knowledge of database architecture, replication, and optimization techniques.
• Possessing strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of troubleshooting complex database issues effectively.
• Familiar with performance monitoring and tuning tools, demonstrating a keen understanding of optimizing database performance.
• A team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working closely with developers, system administrators, and various stakeholders.

Measures of success

Within your first month, you will...

• Familiarize yourself with the existing database infrastructure, understanding its components and intricacies.
• Engage with the cross-functional teams and gain insights into ongoing projects and database-related challenges.
• Initiate communication and collaboration with developers, system administrators, and stakeholders to establish effective working relationships.

Within your third month, you will…

• Have actively contributed to ongoing performance optimization efforts, implementing monitoring, tuning, and query optimization strategies.
• Participate in capacity planning and forecasting exercises, contributing to the scalability of the database systems.
• Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance overall efficiency.

Within your sixth month, you will…

• Lead initiatives related to database architecture and configurations, implementing best practices and troubleshooting procedures.
• Provide mentorship and training to junior team members, contributing to their continuous learning and development.
• Have actively collaborated on the development and maintenance of automated solutions for workload analysis at scale.

These milestones will not only showcase your integration into the team but also highlight your substantial contributions to the optimization and efficiency enhancement of our database infrastructure.

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