Senior MySQL & Linux DB Architect (Remote)

Partnerize; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Enhanced parental leave

Company events

Health & welfare benefits

401k match

Wellness program

Job summary

Partnerize is seeking a highly skilled Database Engineer to own daily database operations, ensure high availability, and lead improvements across on-prem and cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with development and IT teams, plan complex upgrades, and mentor peers in best practices.

The role is fully remote and open to candidates in the US or UK, with a focus on MySQL, Linux, security, and performance. You will shape the database strategy for a growing SaaS platform.

Qualifications

• MySQL in production with Linux and networking knowledge.
• Experience leading large production DB infra in SaaS.
• HA/replication and disaster recovery expertise.
• Monitoring and performance tuning experience.
• Upgrades, migrations and scripting proficiency.
• DB security and encryption practices.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of daily database operations including backups, slow queries, and tuning.
• Design, secure and maintain Linux servers for large distributed databases.
• Plan and deliver database upgrades and migrations with clear impact communication.
• Act as the database escalation point across teams.
• Lead automation of management and monitoring for DB infrastructure.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners and QA; document procedures and best practices.
• Provide on-call support for critical DB issues outside business hours.
• Mentor engineers on database design, optimization and migrations.

Skills

MySQL admin

Linux admin

Query tuning

Automation scripting

On-call support

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Python

Bash

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Partnerize is seeking a highly skilled Database Engineer to own daily database operations, ensure high availability, and lead improvements across on-prem and cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with development and IT teams, plan complex upgrades, and mentor peers in best practices.

The role is fully remote and open to candidates in the US or UK, with a focus on MySQL, Linux, security, and performance. You will shape the database strategy for a growing SaaS platform.