Lead Database Administrator

Partnerize; United States; À distance; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Partnerize is seeking a highly capable Database Engineer to own day-to-day database operations, backups, performance tuning, and server maintenance. You will lead upgrades, migrations, and optimization efforts while mentoring teammates and collaborating with product and IT.

The role is fully remote with opportunities to impact both UK and US operations, requiring strong communication and proactive problem-solving in a fast-moving digital marketing platform.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with MySQL and Linux system administration.
• Ability to plan complex database upgrades and migrations with clear stakeholder communication.
• Experience with backup strategies and incident response for large-scale databases.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of daily database operations including backups and performance tuning.
• Design, secure, and maintain underlying Linux servers for distributed databases.
• Plan and deliver database upgrades and migrations with clear execution plans.

Connaissances

MySQL

Linux

Database administration

Performance tuning

Automation

Incident management

Communication

Outils

Jira

Description du poste

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.

Job Overview

We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression. We're looking to grow our technical estate, architect new systems, remove technical debt and scale our platform. It's an exciting time to join Partnerize, and we are looking for a technical leader to help spearhead this evolution.

As a database engineer, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, acting as the principal technical authority and taking end-to-end ownership of our database estate. You will be a strategic anchor within the Technical Operations team, interfacing directly with business, development, and IT functions. While you will own the database architecture and design solutions for the future, a fundamental, non-negotiable part of this role is hands-on Business As Usual incident management. You must be comfortable rolling up your sleeves to handle daily operations, backups, and performance tuning alongside project delivery.

Your deep expertise in MySQL, alongside strong Linux system administration and a working knowledge of network troubleshooting, will be critical to your success. You will design, build, and secure the underlying servers our databases run on, proactively analyse current implementations, and act as the ultimate technical escalation point for our database infrastructure in both our physical datacenters as well as our public cloud estate.

While we need your advanced technical skills, we are equally focused on character. We are looking for a highly proactive communicator who collaborates seamlessly without needing to be prompted. Crucially, you must be able to independently plan out complex technical work, such as database upgrades, and clearly articulate the step-by-step process and business impacts to stakeholders. You must thrive both when working independently to tackle complex problems and when operating collaboratively within a broader team. Furthermore, you will actively seek out opportunities to coach and mentor other engineers, elevating the overall DBA knowledge across the company. This role is fully remote and open to candidates based anywhere in the UK or the US.

As a Database Engineer at Partnerize, You Will:

• Primary Operational Ownership: Take complete, hands-on ownership of daily database operations. Managing and maintaining the database infrastructure for day-to-day use, including backup management, resolving slow-running queries, and performance tuning, is a fundamental pillar of this role.
• Infrastructure & Server Support: Be comfortable in providing operational support by designing, securing, and robustly maintaining the underlying Linux servers that our large distributed databases run on.
• Project Planning & Stakeholder Communication: Plan, manage, and deliver large technical projects like database upgrades and migrations. You will autonomously map out step-by-step execution plans, proactively communicate technical considerations, and clearly articulate the business impact of your work to non-technical stakeholders.
• Technical Leadership & Strategy: Scope incoming work, delegate to team members where appropriate, and act as the definitive database escalation point for support teams within the wider organisation.
• Proactive Optimisation & Automation: Measure and optimise system performance to push our capabilities forward. Lead the automation of management and monitoring for the database platform infrastructure.
• Collaboration & Documentation: Partner closely with development teams, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure database needs are met and to improve the testability of database aspects within software deployments. Document procedures, best practices, and troubleshooting steps for knowledge sharing.
• Delivery & Out-of-Hours/On-Call Support: Plan, prioritise, and estimate tasks using Jira, and provide essential support for any critical database-related issues both during and outside of normal business hours.
• Mentorship: Actively mentor and coach other engi