Senior Database Engineer II

SurveyMonkey is the worlds most popular platform for surveys and forms built for businessloved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design effectively serving every use case from customer experience to employee engagement market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology its like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.

Trusted by millionsfrom startups to Fortune 500 companiesSurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions create experiences people love and drive business growth. Discover how at .

What were looking for

We are looking for an experienced database engineer to help SurveyMonkey evolve its data stores toward a cloud-native globally distributed architecture. You are passionate about data have strong hands-on expertise in both SQL Server and MySQL and thrive in a collaborative engineering environment. You bring deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and cloud-based database solutions and you apply best practices to design implement and optimize data systems that are reliable scalable and secure.

What youll be working on

• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to design and implement scalable reliable data store solutions for both online and analytical workloads

• Manage and optimize SQL Server and MySQL databases including schema design query tuning replication backup/recovery and performance monitoring

• Implement and maintain data integration pipelines across heterogeneous data stores

• Follow and promote best practices for relational and NoSQL database design within engineering teams

• Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams to understand data challenges and deliver scalable flexible solutions

• Contribute to data governance and security initiatives for the data platform

• Understand and troubleshoot issues across the full stack (hardware software and network)

• Design and build automation and tooling across the software development lifecycle including provisioning version control CI/CD and deployment

• Work with Software Engineering teams to implement solutions in support of product development; write stored procedures scripts etc. as needed

• Participate in the on-call rotation as needed

• Help shape future data strategy by researching emerging technologies and recommending solutions to support SurveyMonkeys evolving platform

Wed love to hear from people with

• 7 years of experience managing high-performing databases in production environments

• 5 years of hands-on experience with strong SQL query skills writing complex highly optimized queries across large datasets for both administration and application data.

• 3 years of hands-on experience designing optimizing and managing PostgreSQL databases in production environments.

• Strong expertise in SQL Server (clustering high availability groups vertical and horizontal partitioning) and MySQL (replication partitioning indexing stored procedures and performance tuning)

• 3 years of experience writing and maintaining Terraform configurations to provision and manage cloud infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience with one or more vector databases such as Pinecone Milvus Qdrant or pgvector.

• 2 years of experience with cloud-based database solutions (AWS RDS Aurora DynamoDB etc.)

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field; AWS certification is a plus

• Solid understanding of relational and analytical database solutions NoSQL data stores and data warehouse concepts

• Experience with ETL development and highly available database architectures in both on-prem and cloud environments

• Experience with Windows and/or Unix systems administration

• Experience writing Python Bash PowerShell or other scripting languages

• Experience with configuration management systems (Ansible is a plus)

• Experience working with virtualized environments

• Experience with repeatable automation at both the OS and database level

• Self-motivated collaborative and able to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical teams and present data modeling decisions clearly

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The base pay provided for this position ranges from CAD $95200.00 / year - $119000.00 / year depending on the geographic market and assuming a full-time schedule. Actual base pay is based on a number of factors including market location job-related knowledge education or training skills and experience.

Bonuses may also be offered as part of the total compensation package in addition to a competitive benefits package including medical dental vision life and disability insurance; RRSP matching; flexible spending & health savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

This opening is for an existing vacancy.

Why SurveyMonkey Were glad you asked

At SurveyMonkey curiosity powers everything we do. Were a global company where people from all backgrounds can make an impact build meaningful connections and grow their careers. Our teams work in a flexible hybrid environment with thoughtfully designed offices and programs like the CHOICE Fund to help employees thrive in work and life.

Weve been trusted by organizations for over 25 years and were just getting started. Our milestones include celebrating a quarter-century of curiosity with 25 acts of giving opening new hubs in Costa Rica and India crossing the threshold of 100 billion questions answered and earning recognition as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces across North America and Asia.

We live our company valueslike championing inclusion and making it happenby embedding them into how we hire collaborate and grow. They help shape everything from our culture to our business decisions. Come join us and see where your curiosity can take you.

Our commitment to an inclusive workplace

SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity innovation and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age marital status veteran status disability status pregnancy parental status genetic information political affiliation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

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