MySQL Database Engineer

Job Description: • Help our customers see the big picture and identify opportunities to improve their overall database infrastructures • Team with some of the most well-known database ninjas in the industry who are even better teammates, friends, and mentors • Improve and develop your own skills and become more proficient with databases • Resolve complex database issues for Inc 50. companies • Participate in team meetings and occasional conferences Requirements: • Good hands-on knowledge of both MySQL and InnoDB • Be skilled with some of the MySQL ecosystem of tools and technologies • Knowledgeable about performance tuning, query optimization, & index tuning • Know-how of backup solutions such as Xtrabackup, mydumper, etc, and also of Point-in-Time-Recovery • Some experience with High Availability solutions (replication, routers, proxies, etc) • Exposure and practice with zero-downtime procedures • Good understanding of monitoring requirements • Demonstrable experience of administering Linux based systems • Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and when necessary, capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues • Be self-taught and enthused to grow your skill set with new technologies as the industry continues to evolve • Availability to travel for the occasional team meeting, conference or customer visit • Experience working with customers in English • Experience working in SLA-bound operations Benefits: • flexible work hours • paid time off programs • funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences) • ongoing connectivity allowances • all your equipment for your remote office • equity incentive plan • healthy work/life balance benefits such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility • social responsibility support through PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology Apply tot his job