What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Database Administrator position at uShip?
Senior Database Administrator
Job Responsibilities :
- Leads the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operations of all data systems to support scalability, availability, and performance.
- Collaborate with engineering teams through the entire software development lifecycle to solve complex problems while maintaining database standards and best practices.
- Responsible for ensuring application / database stability and functionality, including all environments : development, test, and production
- Monitor, investigate, and troubleshoot production database issues, coordinate incident recovery, and communicate to respective support teams and engineering leaders.
- Help maintain all data stores on AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Work with our strategic reporting and data analysis teams to help build / refresh data warehouse.
- Off-hours support is required as needed.
Requirements :
Preferred Skills :
Location : Austin, TX 78701, remote or hybrid optional team environment
Montana, Hawaii, Alaska, California, and anywhere outside of the U.S.
Salary : $140-155k base salary ($160-175k total comp including 401k matching, paid insurance, bonus, etc.)
Why uShip?
uShip offers big-company benefits in a small-ish sized company because we really value and are committed to our people. There are even some extras that will surprise you.
Company Overview
uShip is the world’s first and largest shipping marketplace, making it quicker, easier, and more affordable to ship large or bulky items. Consumers and businesses can compare and book bids from hundreds of thousands of customer-reviewed transportation service providers, ranging from independent owner-operators to the largest freight carriers and brokers. From cars to cranes and furniture to freight, our straightforward and transparent platform helps people, businesses, e-commerce sellers, and multinational logistics companies ship with greater speed and efficiency. Customers save money and service providers make money using their empty cargo space – everyone wins!
We welcome diversity in all its forms, and believe we’re better collaborators, strategizers, and thinkers because of it. uShip is an equal opportunity employer. We are inspired to find candidates who embody our Core Values. uShip prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, parental status, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We celebrate our differences and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Salary : $140,000 - $155,000