Sporty Group - Database Reliability Engineer
Requirements
• 4+ years experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems • A self-driven Database Reliability Engineer with proven experience in managing large-scale database systems in production environments • Have a deep understanding of database architecture, performance optimisation, high availability solutions, and database security best practices • Following the latest industry trends in database technologies and are passionate about building reliable, scalable data infrastructure • Have strong automation mindset and programming skills to build tools that improve database operations and reliability • Understand SLI/SLO/SLA concepts and have experience implementing reliability engineering practices
Responsibilities
• Work in a team of DBRE and DevOps professionals • Design, implement, and maintain highly available database architectures to support business growth across multiple countries • Improve existing database infrastructure, including performance tuning, capacity planning, backup/recovery strategies, and disaster recovery procedures • Develop automation tools and internal platforms using Go/Python to streamline database operations, reduce manual interventions, and minimize human errors • Monitor database health and performance metrics, establish alerting mechanisms based on SLO burn rates, and proactively identify potential issues • Take ownership and responsibility for database operations including schema changes, data migrations, and production deployments • Collaborate with development teams to provide database design consultation, query optimization, and troubleshooting support • Conduct regular database security audits and implement security best practices to protect sensitive data
Benefits
• Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability • A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter • 28 days paid annual leave • Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this • Referral bonuses & flash bonuses • Top of the line equipment • Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
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