Senior Database Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer with deep database engine knowledge who is passionate about solving complex problems related to database infrastructure at scale to join the SRE team.
Working at Atlassian
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You are someone who is aware of the latest database industry trends, particularly those related to reliability and scale. You will own technical standards and collaborate with your teams to lead initiatives to enhance database performance and reliability, and contribute to the overall success of the technology stack and future product scale. You will also conduct deep root cause analysis for critical issues, designing and implementing corrective actions to mitigate future occurrences.
We'd also love it if you brought a deep understanding of modern Cloud infrastructure, programming expertise, operational experience and a desire to change the status quo!
On your first day, we'll expect you to have:

• 3+ years of experience working with high-volume OLTP databases.
• 3+ years of experience with public cloud relational database offerings (Amazon RDS / Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL).
• Proficiency in scalability and performance tuning databases, with a strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL and complex query optimization.
• Good knowledge and development experience in one or more prominent languages such as Java, Go or Python.
• Excellent communication skills in written and verbal forms, and an ability to communicate complex technical issues to a range of technical and non-technical audiences (management, peers, clients).

It would be great, but not mandatory if you had:

• Experience handling multi-zone or cross-region high-availability systems.
• Experience in building using non-database public cloud offerings (AWS components like EC2, CloudFormation, IAM, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis - or equivalents, e.g. in GCP or Azure).
• Experience creating detailed technical documentation.
• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners and collaborate with cross-functional development teams and stakeholders.

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $176,200 - $235,000
Zone B: $158,600 - $211,500
Zone C: $146,300 - $195,000
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Our perks & benefits
Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits to learn more.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .