Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data (REMOTE)

Discogs; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the performance and reliability of a vibrant platform. This remote position invites you to collaborate with engineering squads to develop scalable database architectures and ensure the stability of critical systems like Kafka. You'll lead efforts in data management, optimize MySQL schemas, and mentor teams on best practices. With a competitive salary and a commitment to employee well-being, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a community-driven environment focused on music enthusiasts.

Benefits

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Wellness and development allowances

Remote work setup

Flexible location

Charitable contributions matching

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with Kafka and RDBMS.
• 6+ years in Ops, DevOps, or SRE roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage data stores and lead reliability efforts on Kafka.
• Refactor MySQL schemas for scalability and performance.

Skills

Relational database design and optimization (MySQL, Percona, RDS)

Kafka cluster management (Strimzi, Debezium, JDBC)

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

GitOps with ArgoCD

Kubernetes (EKS, Kustomize, Karpenter)

AWS cloud services (VPC, RDS, S3)

Observability tools (Datadog, Sentry)

Scripting (Shell, Python)

Collaboration and mentorship experience

Excellent communication skills

Proactive problem-solving approach

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Elasticsearch

Python frameworks

GraphQL

Vault

Redis

Memcached

NoSQL

Data Lake/Warehouse

Data Governance

Job description

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data (REMOTE)

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The Discogs Platform team is focused on building and supporting performant, cost-effective, reliable infrastructure; developer experience tooling and mentorship; and creating standards for organization-wide velocity. As a key member, the Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data will collaborate with engineering squads to develop scalable relational database architectures, ensure stability for Kafka and change data capture, and contribute to platform operations.

Location: This is a remote position, open to candidates in OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL.

Compensation: Starting salary range: $130,000 - $140,000 annually.

Who We Are: We support a global community of music fans and collectors, fostering knowledge exchange, record curation, and community building through our platform, which offers tools and data for music enthusiasts.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Discogs' data stores as a subject matter expert.
• Lead reliability efforts on Kafka and related systems.
• Define data contracts and communication standards for CDC processes.
• Refactor and optimize MySQL schemas for scalability and performance.
• Mentor teams on platform best practices.
• Create documentation and runbooks.
• Work within containerized, orchestrated environments.
• Support site reliability and operations, including incident response.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience.
• 5+ years working with Kafka and RDBMS.
• 6+ years in Ops, DevOps, or SRE roles.

Skills & Abilities:

• Relational database design and optimization (MySQL, Percona, RDS).
• Kafka cluster management (Strimzi, Debezium, JDBC).
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
• GitOps with ArgoCD.
• Kubernetes (EKS, Kustomize, Karpenter).
• AWS cloud services (VPC, RDS, S3).
• Observability tools (Datadog, Sentry).
• Scripting (Shell, Python).
• Collaboration and mentorship experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proactive problem-solving approach.

Preferred Skills:

• Terraform, Elasticsearch, Python frameworks, GraphQL, Vault, Redis, Memcached, NoSQL, Data Lake/Warehouse, Data Governance, Data Security.

Benefits include: competitive salary, 401(k), health insurance, paid vacation and parental leave, wellness and development allowances, remote work setup, flexible location, charitable contributions matching.

Our Mission: To build a community-driven ecosystem for record collectors, fostering deep engagement with music through innovative, interconnected resources. Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants needing accommodations should contact us at 503-597-6340. For applications, visit our Careers page: https://www.discogs.com/about/careers. We store applicant data for up to one year and respect your privacy.