Database Reliability Engineer — Hybrid Barcelona

Rover.Com; Laza; Híbrido; EUR 63.000 - 76.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Long-term incentive plan

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

25 days PTO

Meal allowance & flexible compensation

Pet adoption stipend (€450)

Wellness reimbursement (€150/year)

Dog-friendly office

Descripción de la vacante

Rover is seeking a Database Engineer or Database Reliability Engineer to join our Barcelona-based team. You will ensure stability and performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL while building self-service automation tools.

You will work with developers on migrations and data flows in a cross-regional, hybrid setup. You will collaborate with the SRE team to enhance automation using Python and Django, and you may need to align working hours with the team in Europe; office presence in Poblenou, Barcelona

Formación

• 3-5 years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Experience managing databases in a cloud-native environment (preferably AWS RDS).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.

Responsabilidades

• Manage core database operations, including user access, instance scaling, and performance tuning.
• Lead major and minor database upgrades; design and test backup strategies with minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with developers on schema migrations and query tuning.
• Use Datadog/Cloudwatch to monitor system health and set up alerting.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 production support.
• Develop database standards to improve site stability and reduce blast radius of incidents.
• Build and maintain self-service tools, such as automated data model change approval tooling.
• Design Terraform for management of RDS infrastructure and deployment through Atlantis.
• Develop automation scripts using Python to assist in Django migration issues and model tuning.

Conocimientos

Database Administrator

Automation scripting

Python

Terraform / CDK

Datadog / Cloudwatch

Django ORM

AI tools for coding or monitoring

Herramientas

AWS RDS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Datadog

Cloudwatch

Terraform

CDK

Django

Descripción del empleo

Rover is seeking a Database Engineer or Database Reliability Engineer to join our Barcelona-based team. You will ensure stability and performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL while building self-service automation tools.

You will work with developers on migrations and data flows in a cross-regional, hybrid setup. You will collaborate with the SRE team to enhance automation using Python and Django, and you may need to align working hours with the team in Europe; office presence in Poblenou, Barcelona