Remote Lead Database Engineer

Partnerize; Cardiff; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off Policy

Enhanced parental leave (16 weeks)

Regular company events and activities

Robust Health & Welfare Benefits

401k Plan – 4% employee match

Job summary

Partnerize is seeking a Database Engineer to lead our MySQL estate across on‑prem and cloud, with strong Linux administration and network awareness. You’ll own day‑to‑day operations, plan upgrades, and mentor others while partnering with development and IT teams.

You'll drive HA, replication, backups, monitoring, and performance tuning, and you’ll communicate complex technical plans to stakeholders. This role is fully remote and open to candidates in the UK or US.

Qualifications

• Advanced MySQL administration in production environments, on‑prem or cloud.
• Independent owner for large SaaS production DB infra with accountability for availability and performance.
• High availability, replication configurations, failover and disaster recovery planning.
• Working understanding of database monitoring patterns and metrics.
• Deep expertise in query tuning, schema design, indexing strategies.
• Upgrades, migrations with minimal downtime; automation via Python/Bash.
• Database security: SSL/TLS, access control, backup encryption.

Responsibilities

• Own daily database operations, backups, and performance tuning.
• Design, secure, and maintain underlying Linux servers for large distributed databases.
• Plan, manage, and deliver upgrades/migrations with clear execution plans.
• Act as the definitive escalation point for database issues and provide technical leadership.
• Automate management and monitoring of the database platform.
• Collaborate with development teams, product owners, and stakeholders; document procedures.
• Plan, estimate tasks in Jira; provide on‑call support for DB issues.
• Mentor and coach engineers to elevate DB knowledge across the team.

Skills

MySQL administration

Linux system administration

Networking awareness

Replication setups

Monitoring tools

Query optimization

Upgrades & migrations

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Security & encryption

Mentorship

Tools

Ansible

Kubernetes

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Prometheus & Grafana

Job description

Partnerize is seeking a Database Engineer to lead our MySQL estate across on‑prem and cloud, with strong Linux administration and network awareness. You’ll own day‑to‑day operations, plan upgrades, and mentor others while partnering with development and IT teams.

You'll drive HA, replication, backups, monitoring, and performance tuning, and you’ll communicate complex technical plans to stakeholders. This role is fully remote and open to candidates in the UK or US.