Database Reliability Engineer

• Managing, building, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting the cloud-based MySQL database infrastructure that our mission-critical SaaS application depends on
• Focuses heavily on automation and coding to reduce operational toil
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and SRE teams to support new product development and ensure reliable database integration across the platform
• Work on observability of MySQL database metrics and ensure database performance and reliability objectives are consistently met
• Work with the DBA team to identify areas of operational toil and implement automations/processes to manage PCC’s MySQL database systems at scale
• Apply a data-driven approach to performance tuning, availability improvements, and operational optimization
• Provide database support to Engineering and SRE teams, including review of database migrations, query performance, schema/design improvements, and standardizing MySQL configuration and deployment patterns
• Assist the DBA team with performance troubleshooting and root-cause analysis

• 3+ years of experience working with relational database systems
• Strong hands-on experience with MySQL (administration, performance tuning, replication, HA/DR)
• 1+ years in a DBRE or database-focused engineering role
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure — Azure preferred)
• Coding and automation experience (Python, PowerShell, SQL, etc.)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience working with source control systems such as Git
• MySQL experience preferred
• PostgreSQL is a plus
• Experience working with VLDBs (1+ TB) and managing large database fleets (100+ instances)
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as PowerShell, C#, SQL, and Python
• On-call or after-hours work will be required

Additional experience with the following tools/systems is a plus: Git, Jira, Azure Cloud, Grafana, and various NoSQL technologies

• Benefits starting from Day 1!
• Retirement Plan Matching
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Wellness Support Programs and Resources
• Parental & Caregiver Leaves
• Fertility & Adoption Support
• Continuous Development Support Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Allyship and Inclusion Communities
• Employee Recognition … and more!
• bonus