.The Opportunity:Our Database Platform team creates a resilient, performant, and secure database platform for our product teams to leverage.
At commercetools' scale, automation is a requirement, and some of the tooling we've developed includes dynamic indexing and autoscaling.
We're looking for a senior software engineer with SRE skills and knowledge of database internals to help us build and operate the platform.
You'll have the opportunity to guide our team as we move towards our Database Platform vision.
This role will require an in-office presence three days per week.Your Mission:Build and operate high-quality software systems to help the database platform scale as the company and our customers grow.Use monitoring tools and systematic debugging to prevent and resolve issues.Participate and contribute to the team's roadmap, technical decisions, and planning, by producing quality proposals, giving meaningful feedback, and driving alignment.Collaborate and share knowledge asynchronously using written documentation such as RFCs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and raise them within the team.Foster a culture in which people are encouraged to work collaboratively and grow from mistakes.Participate in the global on-call rotation and prepare other engineers for on-call.What you need to succeed:5+ years of experience in software engineering or a similar role.Experience building and owning services in languages such as Go or Rust.Knowledge of database internals such as indexing, sharding, replication, and storage management.
We primarily use MongoDB with some PostgreSQL.Strong experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure).Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, or Pulumi.Familiarity with SRE principles and practices such as monitoring and alerting, SLOs, and incident response.Experience providing high-quality code reviews and mentoring teammates.Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team.Fluent written and spoken English.Nice to have:Experience working in a platform engineering environment.We care about your growth and well-being:Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks.Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country.Learning & Development Budget Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses.Our Benefits: Check them out by office.Flexibility: Morning person or night owl?
We believe in outcome and motivated employees.Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment