Senior Infrastructure Engineer (MySQL) - Remote

Partnerize; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

Cycle to Work scheme

Life Assurance

Enhanced Wellness Program

Remote-first culture

Company events and activities

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to enhance its MySQL database performance and reliability. This role involves engineering high-availability environments, optimizing performance, and collaborating with engineering teams. Ideal candidates have strong MySQL experience alongside solid Linux fundamentals and knowledge of monitoring tools. The position is remote-first, with optional Newcastle office availability, offering competitive benefits including generous holiday and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in MySQL, query tuning, schema design, and operations.
• Ability to manage and optimize high-availability MySQL environments.
• Experience with database monitoring and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and support high-availability MySQL environments across production systems.
• Optimize database performance through indexing and schema design.
• Manage upgrades, migrations, and failover with minimal downtime.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and observability for proactive issue detection.
• Collaborate with developers to embed database best practice into application design.
• Contribute to internal tooling, automation, and documentation to uplift the entire platform.

Skills

Strong MySQL experience – query tuning, replication, schema design, operations

Hands-on experience with DB monitoring tools (Percona Toolkit, PMM, Grafana, Prometheus)

Solid Linux fundamentals and comfort with networking concepts

Experience supporting databases for high-scale or production-critical systems

Strong communication and ability to partner effectively with engineering teams

Tools

Percona Toolkit

Grafana

Prometheus

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Who We Are

At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

Why Join Us

We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Be part of the team transforming our platform.

Help build the next-generation database platform powering Partnerize’s global ecosystem. Partnerize is evolving – modernising core systems, expanding our technical estate, and redesigning our data foundations for high performance and global scale. Our databases are mission-critical to this transformation. We’re seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer specialising in databases to strengthen performance, reliability, and scalability across our MySQL estate. Remote-first across the UK; Newcastle optional.

What You’ll Do

• Engineer and support high-availability MySQL environments across production systems.
• Optimise database performance through indexing, schema design, slow-query analysis, and tuning.
• Manage upgrades, migrations, replication configuration, and failover with minimal downtime.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and observability for proactive issue detection.
• Collaborate with developers to embed database best practice into application design.
• Contribute to internal tooling, automation, and documentation to uplift the entire platform.

What You Bring

• Strong MySQL experience – query tuning, replication, schema design, operations.
• Hands-on experience with DB monitoring tools (Percona Toolkit, PMM, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Solid Linux fundamentals and comfort with networking concepts.
• Experience supporting databases for high-scale or production-critical systems.
• Strong communication and the ability to partner effectively with engineering teams.

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL or NoSQL systems (MongoDB, Druid).
• Scripting/automation (Python, Bash).
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).

Why Partnerize?

• Work at the beating heart of a platform used by major global brands.
• Join a team in the middle of exciting technical change and modernisation.
• Influence the database direction for years to come.
• Remote-first culture with autonomy and room to grow.

UK Benefits & Perks

• 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
• 5 extra “Partnerize Parental Days” each year
• Private Medical Insurance through Bupa
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
• Regular company events and activities

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.

Privacy and Data Protection

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Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies

To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Industries

Construction, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting