What are the responsibilities and job description for the DBA position at Recharge?
Role Overview
A DBA is responsible for the support and runtime of all Database resources in the environment, ensuring they are performing at the requirements of the business and our customers. DBAs are expected to take guidance from more senior members of the team while working autonomously.
Responsibilities & Essential Functions
- Live by and champion our values: #accountability #details #iteration #collaboration
- Support code with a focus on database efficiency and resilience.
- Support the Implement new technologies to solve ReCharge’s technical challenges as they arise.
- Exhibit good habits (development techniques, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and agile habits) within your team; improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
- Debug poor performance queries and SQL databases.
- Find and address performance issues throughout the applications database access layer.
- Support the health and runtime of all Database resources in the environment.
Competencies
- Expertise regarding query performance and addressing issues with common SQL behaviors.
- Proficient with SQL and willing to learn Python access methods.
- Experience with RabbitMq, Kafka, or other cloud based eventing and messaging solutions
- Experience with Cloud Platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
- Experience with Infrastructure As Code, and automation
- Experience with Continuous Development using Liquibase and CI/CD
- Self driven; a passion for taking ownership of your work and delivering outcomes
- Ability to work remotely and desire to make an impact
- Ability to learn and work with new technologies and databases
- Willing to lead a project from beginning to end
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, auto-scaling, pub-sub architectures, serverless a plus
Experience/Credentials/Education
- Typically, 4 years of relevant Database design and support in fast paced environments
- Experience relevant to the technologies required of the role’s domain
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Experienced with cloud computing
Our Stack
GCP, Kubernetes, CloudSQL/MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Fivetran, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Nginx, Redis, ElasticSearch, Python, Flask, Jinja, ES6, Vue.js, Snowflake, Looker, Matillion
Compensation
Recharge’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. Salary ranges are designed to be competitive and aligned with country specific practices, while individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, and experience. The compensation listed is not inclusive of any equity and benefits that might exist in your total compensation package.
Hiring range in the US
$112,000 - $140,000 USD
Hiring range in Canada
$88,000 - $110,000 CAD
Salary : $88,000 - $110,000
