Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer (Remote) at Percona

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Requirements

  • Deep, hands-on, expert knowledge of PostgreSQL, including PostgreSQL provided tools and contributor modules
  • Proficiency with the wider PostgreSQL ecosystem of tools and technologies, such as pgvector, repmgr, barman, pglogical, Patroni, pgBouncer, and similar/related tools
  • Experience with performance tuning, including server configuration, query optimization, and table and index tuning
  • Familiarity with backup solutions and best practices including pg base backup, pgBackRest and WAL-G, Point-in-Time-Recovery, etc
  • Experience with high availability solutions, including replication, routers, proxies, etc
  • Experience administering Linux systems
  • Experience with containerization and Kubernetes, including deployment, administration, and troubleshooting problems encountered when using PostgreSQL under that environment
  • Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and when necessary, demonstrating a capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues
  • Self-taught, self-directed, and enthusiastic about growing your skillset with new technologies as the industry evolves
  • Fluent in communicating with customers in English, both in verbally and in writing

Responsibilities

  • Helping customers’ DBA teams when they need expert assistance with high complexity problems
  • Gathering relevant data and investigating issues to provide a detailed analysis of findings
  • Providing a detailed analysis of findings in a digestible format by email, instant message, or voice
  • Performing screen-sharing sessions to help customers quickly navigate and resolve issues
  • Authoring new blog posts on interesting topics for the open-source community
  • Answering questions on the forum
  • Creating new articles in the customer-facing knowledge base

Skills

Percona

Open-source database software and services

About Percona

Percona specializes in open-source database software and services, focusing on systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. The company enhances these databases to improve their speed and reliability, catering to over 3,000 clients globally, from small startups to large enterprises in various sectors such as technology, finance, and e-commerce. Percona's business model combines free open-source software with paid services, including consulting to optimize database performance and managed services for complete database management. They also offer Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM), a free tool for monitoring database performance. Percona stands out in the database management market due to its dual offering of free and paid solutions, making it a valuable partner for organizations that depend on effective data management.

Pleasanton, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2006Year Founded
$972.7KTotal Funding
GRANTCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Risks

Automated upgrades in PostgreSQL may cause compatibility issues for existing users.
Partnership with Lyrid could increase competition in the cloud-native database market.
New CTO appointment may lead to strategic shifts unsettling existing clients.

Differentiation

Percona uniquely supports both MySQL and MongoDB on traditional and cloud platforms.
They offer a mix of free open-source software and paid services for databases.
Percona is recognized for its expertise in database optimization and management.

Upsides

Growing demand for cloud-native solutions boosts Percona's open-source platform innovation.
Multi-cloud adoption presents opportunities for enhanced database management solutions.
AI-driven optimization tools offer potential for integration into Percona's products.

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