Staff Database Engineer

Are you ready to combine your talent for crafting solid data systems and enthusiasm for cutting-edge technology to harness the power of data at Bazaarvoice? We’re looking for a strong database engineer who thrives on building large-scale, robust, distributed data systems and pipelines, who understands the importance of good software engineering practices to get it done. If you’re excited about shaping the future of data at Bazaarvoice, come join us. As a key member of the Data Operations team, you’ll be tasked with designing, building, and supporting large-scale, distributed data systems that drive our organization’s data infrastructure forward, and power our products and services.

Responsibilities

Designing, building, and supporting large-scale, distributed data systems; Managing RDS databases; Developing data pipelines; Optimizing data storage and retrieval processes; Ensuring the reliability and scalability of data architecture; Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, implement solutions, and troubleshoot issues; Advocating for and implementing software engineering best practices; Identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex performance and scalability issues; Deeply analyzing execution plans, indexing strategies, concurrency, locking, and resource utilization; Designing and implementing durable performance improvements across queries, schemas, and workloads; Building automation and tooling to detect, diagnose, and remediate database performance issues; Partnering with application and platform teams to improve database access patterns and system design; Establishing, documenting, and enforcing database performance best practices; Explaining complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences; Leading the design and implementation of data storage and streaming solutions, data architecture, analytics frameworks, governance protocols, and data quality standards; Serving as subject matter expert in database performance, CDC, ETL, scalability, and security; Developing and enforcing enterprise standards, policies, and procedures; Partnering with senior leadership to align data architecture with business strategy; Leading major modernization, migration, or transformation projects; Mentoring other technical staff and leading knowledge-sharing efforts; Evaluating technology trends and making strategic recommendations

Requirements

Candidates must demonstrate expert-level knowledge in: Performance tuning and optimization; Transactional (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora etc.), Analytical (Redshift, Iceberg etc.); Query optimizers, execution plans, indexing, statistics, and transaction isolation; Designing and supporting database-backed APIs; Building automation and tooling to support database performance and reliability; Infrastructure as Code using Terraform; Leveraging AI to automatically identify bottlenecks; Cloud platforms: AWS, including managed database services; Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and tuning in distributed systems; CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; Capacity planning, workload modeling, and cost optimization; A proven track record of improving database performance at scale; A keen eye to spot when something isn’t right and the diligence to not stop until it’s resolved; Strong written and verbal communication skills; Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture and design decisions; Comfortable operating as a technical authority across teams; Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and a minimum of 14 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 8+ years of experience; or equivalent related work experience; Recognized expert in database design, architecture, and optimization; Demonstrated leadership in enterprise database strategy and execution; Experience with cloud-native and distributed database solutions; Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

Work with cutting-edge tech in an innovative, collaborative environment; Competitive salary + good benefits (insurance, annual leave, bonuses, referral rewards, and more); Great Place to Work Certified (4 years in a row); Hybrid work model (3 days in office – Prestige Tech Pacific, Kadubeesanahalli)