Senior Database Engineer

About the role

Were looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (IC3 level) to join our Database Platform team. Youll help build and operate a global platform thats scalable reliable and secure - developing the internal database platform automation and tooling that powers hundreds of databases across multiple environments. Youll work on high-scale systems used by hundreds of engineers shaping how we run databases globally.

How we work:

We believe in automation programmatic implementation and reusable design. Youll think holistically about the ecosystem while also delivering real solutions - collaborating across the Platform tribe to make our systems more resilient and developer-friendly. At this you help set and evolve technical standards design patterns and best practices for the platform.

As we scale we need engineers who can simplify complex infrastructure build guardrails and deliver platforms that help product teams move fast - without compromising reliability or security. You proactively identify technical debt and plan remediation work to keep risk within appetite.

Youll work closely with other Platform and Data teams to ensure best practices are followed and the right abstractions are in place. You provide strong technical input into product and platform roadmaps explaining why work is prioritised and what impact it delivers.

Youll be part of a team that empowers hundreds of developers to build reliable services faster with modern tooling and infrastructure at scale. The systems you design will directly impact the availability performance and safety of our customers data worldwide. Youll join a collaborative team that values technical excellence learning and continuous improvement.

At this you are a recognised technical leader shaping both the platforms direction and the engineers around you

What will you be working on:

• Design build and evolve our internal cloud-based database platform.

• Lead these initiatives end-to-end optimising for predictable delivery and measurable outcomes.

• Define the long-term automation strategy including migrations upgrades and failure recovery patterns.

• Help embed security and compliance controls (encryption auth RBAC network controls) into Yugabyte platform components.

• Be accountable for the availability reliability and security of the systems you own.

• Collaborate with product teams SREs and DBAs to apply platform guardrails for services adopting database technologies.

• Act as the escalation point for your area leading minor and major incident resolution and post-incident reviews.

• Mentor and coach other engineers support onboarding and actively reduce single points of failure.

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide senior escalation support when required.

• Represent the team in cross-tribe or cross-company engineering efforts and guilds.

• Participate in interviewing and hiring activities following best practices and helping maintain a high engineering bar.

What do you need:

Essential

• Significant Platform Engineering experience with demonstrated senior ownership of production platform systems at scale.

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP).

• Strong Python development skills (or similar).

• Solid understanding of software engineering principles - writing secure testable maintainable code.

• Proficiency with Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling (Terraform Ansible CI/CD Teleport).

• Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams.

• Ability to clearly articulate technical trade-offs business impact and customer value.

• Experience leading or significantly contributing to incident response and post-incident improvement.

Highly sought

• Practical experience with distributed databases at scale (YugabyteDB preferred or CockroachDB/TiDB/Cloud Spanner).

• Deep operational expertise with distributed SQL systems in production.

• Experience or strong interest in implementing migration patterns (CDC/logical replication verification and rollback) and automation for provisioning backups and upgrades.

• Demonstrated leadership of migration strategy and execution.

• Experience building Database-as-a-Service platforms or internal developer tooling.

• Experience influencing technical or product roadmaps.
   

Interested Find out more:

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• Wise Engineering do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 87500 - 111000 RSUs

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  Interested in more than one role

  If youre interested in multiple roles please apply for just onethe one youre most excited about. If you submit multiple applications requiring the same assessment well continue your recruitment journey using your first application and any duplicate applications will be automatically closed. This helps ensure a fair and consistent interview process. If another role feels like a better fit you can discuss this with your recruiter during the process.

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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time