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cockroachdb postgresql mysql performance tuning platform engineering📋 Description
- Lead and grow a high-performing database team across Amsterdam and global hubs.
- Define operational processes, guardrails, incident response, and SLOs.
- Drive automation for upgrades, provisioning, replication, and backups.
- Foster technical excellence and automate DB design, tuning, and reliability.
- Scale petabyte-scale databases; plan multi-region and on-prem infra.
- Integrate DB best practices into the SDLC with a golden-path for engineers interacting with databases.
🎯 Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering leadership.
- 3+ years in leadership roles managing engineers.
- Relational DB knowledge: PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB.
- Experience with large-scale, highly available production clusters.
- Hands-on leader who discusses tech with infra teams.
- Strong focus on automation, reliability, and self-service.
- Nice to have FinTech or regulated industry experience.
- Nice to have cloud DBaaS familiarity and automation.
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