Database Engineering Manager
Purple Wave Auction
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Job summary
Purple Wave Auction is seeking a Database Engineering Manager to lead our database function and set architectural direction for high-performance, reliable systems. This hands-on leadership role manages the DBA team and partners with IT Infrastructure, Operations, and Product Engineering to implement best practices in disaster recovery, clustering, replication, and encryption.
The role is remote work eligible in the United States, with in-person training during the first week and occasional
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
- 10+ years in Database Architect/DBA with ownership of architecture.
- 5+ years leading a database administration or technical team.
- Expertise in MariaDB replication, clustering, and maxscale.
- Strong SQL, data modeling, and encryption knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the database administration team.
- Design and maintain high availability, scalability, and performance.
- Oversee disaster recovery, replication, and encryption strategies.
- Collaborate with product engineering to optimize queries and access.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and ensure data integrity and security.
- Document architecture, processes, and procedures.
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Job description
Purple Wave is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Database Engineering Manager to lead our database function — setting the architectural direction for our database systems while managing the database administration team that operates them. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. Position is remote work eligible in the US for the qualified candidate.
The Database Engineering Manager is responsible for designing and optimizing our database infrastructure to ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability, and for leading and developing the database administration team responsible for its day-to-day operation. The position sets database architecture direction — including disaster recovery, clustering, replication, and encryption strategy — while managing the DBAs who execute and maintain these systems. The position works closely with our IT Infrastructure & Operations and Product Engineering teams to understand stakeholder needs and implement best practices for database management.
- Lead: manage, develop, and set direction for the database administration team.
- Design, develop, and maintain database architecture for high availability, scalability, and performance, including disaster recovery (e.g., MaxScale), clustering (e.g., Galera), master-slave replication, and encryption-at-rest strategies.
- Optimize database systems for performance and reliability and cost.
- Collaborate with development teams to design and optimize queries and database access patterns.
- Monitor database performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Oversee operational database management, including user credential administration, backup and recovery, and database schema updates coordinated with Product Engineering releases.
- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Develop and maintain documentation related to database architecture, processes, and procedures.
- Provide guidance and support to development and operations teams on database-related matters.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies related to database management.
- Undertake additional assigned duties as requested.
- Lead, manage, and develop the database administration team, providing technical direction, mentorship, and career development.
- Set priorities and delegate operational database work (backups, credentialing, monitoring, schema releases) across the team to ensure reliable coverage.
- Conduct performance reviews, support hiring and onboarding, and build the team’s technical capability over time.
- Establish and enforce standards, runbooks, and best practices for database operations and administration.
- Coordinate across time zones to ensure appropriate operational coverage and responsiveness.
- Directly manages one or more Database Administrators, with responsibility for their performance, development, and day-to-day direction.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 10+ years proven experience as a Database Architect, Senior Database Administrator, or similar role, with demonstrated architecture ownership.
- 5+ years experience leading, mentoring, or managing database administrators or a technical team.
- Expertise in MariaDB, including replication, clustering (Galera), high-availability/proxy solutions (MaxScale), and backup strategies.
- Strong knowledge of database design, data modeling, and normalization.
- Proficiency in SQL and performance tuning.
- Experience with database security, encryption at rest, and data protection practices.
- Familiarity with cloud database solutions and services.
- Hands-on experience with AWS RDS (Relational Database Service).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently and be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
- Spanish speaking bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Candidates may be requested to complete position specific skills assessments.
- Applicants must be either a U.S. Citizen or eligible to work in the U.S.
- Requires the ability to satisfactorily complete a background check.
- Full-time Salaried Exempt, not eligible for overtime.
- Office hours are 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday, Central Time zone, additional hours may be required depending on priorities.
- This position is remote work eligible within the United States. Please be aware: the first week of employment includes mandatory in-person training. Remote start arrangements are not available.
- Also mandatory: One week a year of in-person training with the department.
- Potential for 10% travel, should the need arise.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
- The salary varies based on experience and qualifications, but typically ranges from $142,900 to $170,200 per year. Salary paid bi-weekly.
- Monthly Bonus Program – determined by the Company’s monthly revenue result and are paid on a "percent to plan" payout formula. (90% = $300, 100% = $600, 110% = $900, 120% = $1,200).
- Monthly phone stipend in accordance with the Company’s cell phone policy, currently $120/month.
- Health insurance, Dental insurance, and Vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with an employer match up to 4% starting the first day of employment.
- Company-paid Life Insurance with options for supplemental coverage.
- Fully paid Short-Term Disability provided by the Company.
- 3 Weeks of PTO annually (details shared during onboarding).
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) – Eligible to purchase company stock at a discount after 90 days of employment, with enrollment opportunities each May and November.
About Purple Wave Visit us at: PurpleWave.com Purple Wave Auction is a leader in the equipment auction industry focusing on construction, ag, fleet, and government equipment. We are a data-driven, quickly changing and evolving, growing organization. Our focus is on marketing the assets we sell for our customers to find the highest quality bidders for the best recoveries for our sellers. We strive to make this transaction Straight, Simple, and Sold. We live daily by our core values of trust, team, care, and passion to be the place people want to work and our customers want to return to for their equipment buying and selling needs for their businesses.
is the largest no-reserve Internet auction company in the Midwest.
- We have over 300 employees, nearly doubling in size in the last three years.
- We have a robust tech team and continue to invest in progressive techniques to enhance our services.
- While working at Purple Wave, you will have the opportunity to help our mission of being the easiest, most straightforward place to buy and sell used equipment.
- Purple Wave empowers its employees to solve problems effectively in a family-run business culture.
- We provide opportunities for continued education as you grow your career with tuition reimbursement. We have a generous benefits package in one of the fastest-growing companies in the area.
Purple Wave is looking for an enthusiastic person to join our growing team to support our customers as we bring our values of Trust, Team, Care and Passion to them.
- TRUST: We are trustworthy…Our business depends upon our integrity and our customer’s ability to trust Purple Wave and its people: to enforce a fair, transparent unreserved auction marketplace; to safeguard their bidding information; to give a full effort on behalf of their asset(s); We are transparent, accountable and fair.
- TEAM: WE ARE A TEAM…We respect, support, appreciate and inspire each other; We communicate and follow-through; We need each other. We do our best work when we work together.
- CARE: WE CARE…We care for our customers. We look out for their best interests. We work hard for them. We “go the extra mile”.
- PASSION: WE ARE PASSIONATE…We are positive, we are enthusiastic, we take pride in our work, we own our responsibilities and we deliver; When we see problems, we fix them. We learn from our mistakes. We improve ourselves and Purple Wave every day; We believe Purple Wave can be the best marketplace for used equipment and we are committed to make it happen.
Equal Opportunity is a Purple Wave, Inc. policy. It is our practice to select the best-qualified candidate for each position in the organization. No employee of the Company will discriminate against an applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, or other physical or mental disability, military or veteran status.
As a condition of your employment, you will be required to sign the Company’s Authorization for Background Check, and to provide the Company with documents establishing your identity and right to work in the United States.
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