Database Architect

Synthesis Health; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven company as a Database Architect, responsible for designing and maintaining robust database solutions. Collaborate with engineers and product teams to enhance data systems. Enjoy a full-time remote role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Vacation policy

Employee option program

Qualifications

• Three years of experience as a database architect or similar role.
• Knowledge of cloud storage concepts and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain robust database solutions using PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Optimize database performance and ensure high availability.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or Diploma in computer science

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

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Who We Are

We're a mission and values driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team, spread across the US and Canada, is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.

About the Opportunity

Synthesis Health is looking for a stellar Database Architect to shape, secure, and scale our data systems. Working closely with engineers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure Synthesis has robust data solutions that are high-performing and scalable.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design, implement, and maintain robust database solutions using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AlloyDB, and cloud storage systems.
2. Optimize database performance and ensure high availability and scalability across systems for both PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
3. Develop, review, and maintain secure and efficient database code.
4. Implement and uphold best practices for database security and access controls.
5. Monitor, troubleshoot, and proactively resolve database performance issues.
6. Tune PostgreSQL memory buffers and ensure appropriate working memory for sorting of query results.
7. Ensure effective use of PostgreSQL / MongoDB indexes by workload queries.
8. Create and tune queries / indexes for PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
9. Optimize backups and restores for PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
10. Collaborate with developers and product teams to model data schemas aligned with application requirements.
11. Participate in code reviews and provide guidance on best practices for data access and storage.
12. Contribute to automation and CI/CD pipelines for database deployments.
13. Familiar with Disaster recovery best practices.
14. Other duties as assigned.

About the Right Candidate

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or Diploma in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or other relevant degree.
2. Three years of experience as a database architect or similar role.
3. Background in analytical (OLAP) and transactional (OLTP) paradigms.
4. Knowledge of cloud storage concepts and integrations.
5. Proficiency in designing and managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis in production.
6. Effective communication skills.
7. Ability to work in a collaborative environment.
8. Ability to work in a fast-paced setting with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Five years of experience as a database architect or similar role.

You will adhere to our company's values and behaviors and incorporate them in your interactions with colleagues and customers.

Values:

• Clinical service first.
• Collaborate with our customers.
• Listen, respect, learn.
• Innovate to excel.

Behaviors:

• Be nice.
• Be creative.
• Be honest.
• Be helpful.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation is paid in the currency of the country where the individual is hired. For this position, the salary range is $100,000 - $125,000 CAD for Canadian based employees. For global hires, salary range will align with market rates in home country.

Other benefits include but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, "Use as needed" vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care