Job Description

As a Database Reliability Engineer, you will improve the reliability, performance, and scale of Credit Karma’s database infrastructure. You will work to improve and modernize key systems, develop automation & tooling, and take our infrastructure to the next level.

Responsibilities

• MySQL database administration, management, and engineering
• Design and develop automation and self-service tooling
• Prevent data loss using replication technologies and backups
• Improve and develop toolset for MySQL management systems
• Implement and improve distributed database architecture in Postgres and MySQL
• Improve recovery time through automation and processes
• Improve deployment processes through automation
• Participate in on-call rotation to resolve critical issues
• Provide support and knowhow to developers for GCP persistence tools, primarily Spanner
• Work with the team on all the above listed points and delegate appropriately

Requirements

• Experience with database administration, primarily using MySQL
• Experience working in production environments at scale
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Bash, Ruby, or Perl
• Experience with a configuration management system like Puppet, Chef or Salt
• Proficient in communicating technical details using English
• Experience with GCP and/or AWS
• Unwavering desire to learn

Benefits

• No benefits