.Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team. Drive Results : We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce Cultivate Belonging : We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential Adapt Boldly : We're curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures 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