MySQL Database Administrator

EER Poland; United States; Remote; USD 101,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior MySQL Database Administrator Engineering in Europe for a fast-growing fintech software vendor. Owns the full database lifecycle across development, staging and production, ensuring high availability, failover and performance tuning.

Collaborates with development, QA and DevOps to optimize SQL queries and stored procedures. The ideal candidate has 5+ years as a DBA with MySQL, strong scripting in Python/Bash, English proficiency, and a background in financial markets or trading, with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DBA, including at least 3 years with MySQL.
• Hands-on experience with failover, security, performance optimization and backup/recovery.
• Hands-on experience with database design, testing and maintenance.
• Ability to work independently as the only DBA in the company.
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash).
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a structured approach to root cause analysis.
• Good written and spoken English (mandatory).
• Background in financial markets or trading (e.g. FIX protocol).
• Experience with Jira, SVN and Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Own the full database lifecycle: development, staging and production.
• Ensure high availability and failover readiness across environments.
• Performance tuning and optimization of SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Collaborate with development, QA and DevOps teams to promote best practices.

Skills

MySQL

DBA

Python

Bash

C++ (MySQL)

English proficiency

Tools

Jira

SVN

Jenkins

Job description

Senior MySQL Database Administrator Engineering | Europe | Full-time

Our client is a fast-growing global fintech software vendor and a recognized player in electronic trading technology. For more than ten years they have supplied high-performance trading and market data platforms to leading banks, hedge funds and other institutional participants. Their modular, scalable platform helps clients make quicker, better-informed trading decisions and improve execution quality across several asset classes. Engineering teams are located across Europe, and the culture is collaborative and innovation-driven. We are looking for an experienced MySQL DBA to own the full database lifecycle: day-to-day administration, high availability and failover, performance tuning, and optimization of SQL queries and stored procedures. You will be the single go-to database specialist for the organization.

Задачи:

• Work within fast iteration cycles to help ship reliable, high-quality products
• Build and maintain database infrastructure hands-on
• Take ownership of every database environment: development, staging and production
• Handle administration topics such as security, replication and failover, backups and performance tuning
• Handle design topics such as schema structure, indexing strategy, and query and stored procedure design
• Introduce and promote suitable tools, procedures, best practices and architectural standards
• Review specification documents carefully to identify edge cases and unusual scenarios early
• Collaborate with development, QA and DevOps teams
• Grow into the in-house database authority
• Coach developers and QA engineers on database best practices

Требования:

• 5+ years of experience as a DBA, including at least 3 years specifically with MySQL
• Hands-on experience with failover, security, performance optimization and backup/recovery
• Hands-on experience with database design, testing and maintenance
• Ability to work independently as the only DBA in the company
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash)
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a structured approach to root cause analysis
• Good written and spoken English (mandatory)
• C++ development experience, especially connecting to MySQL from C++ code
• Background in financial markets or trading (e.g. FIX protocol)
• Experience with Jira, SVN and Jenkins