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datadog aws mysql query optimization indexing📋 Description
- Triage slow queries across hundreds of databases; design composite indexes.
- Maintain performance across 400+ schemas; manage migrations.
- Oversee AWS Aurora environments; tune failover and read lag.
- Tune MySQL/InnoDB internals: buffer pool, locks, MVCC.
- Optimize ETL pipelines; deploy partition pruning strategies.
- Build observability with performance_schema, alerts, and telemetry.
🎯 Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Extensive experience administering AWS relational databases; deep Aurora knowledge (read replicas, clustering, parameters).
- Automation mindset with scripting for schema drift detection and slow-query alerts.
- Deep mastery of MySQL/InnoDB, including buffer pool, isolation levels, locks, MVCC.
- Experience profiling DB performance, query rewrites, and advanced indexing for large-scale apps.
- Excellent communication and collaboration; translate concepts for software teams.
🎁 Benefits
- Impact healthcare by solving complex operational problems.
- Competitive compensation with base salary, target bonus, and stock options.
- 401(k) Match.
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
- Generous Paid Time Off and Parental Leave.
- Monthly reimbursements for Skill Building, Wellness, Transportation, and/or Home Office.
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