Postgres DBA Role at Greenhouse - Remote Friendly

Hi all,

Greenhouse is hiring our first Postgres DBA. This is a full-time, salaried
position that can be remote or based in NYC. Here's the link to the job
post: https://grnh.se/ddec37631.

Here's the description (copied from the post):

Greenhouse is looking for a Database Administrator to join our team!

Acting as our in-house expert on database, especially Postgres, and data
architecture, you will have a positive impact on our entire organization,
and most specifically, our Tools and Operations Engineering and
Infrastructure teams. You will take full ownership of our databases and
play a huge part in all data architecture related decisions at Greenhouse.

Who will love this job:

- An efficient worker, you have a strong focus on quality and are
excited to learn new concepts quickly
- A self starter, you independently get things done and are constantly
seeking continuous improvement
- A problem solver, you love solving difficult issues while also staying
on the look out for potential problems down the road
- A standout colleague, you enjoy sharing your database knowledge with
teammates and training and advising your peers

What you’ll do:

- Act as our primary point person for all database related issues; lead
support efforts when and if any problems arise
- Collaborate with and provide sizing, scaling and parameter tuning
recommendations to our internal Site Reliability/Infrastructure team
- Continually improve, optimize, and implement database best practices
on our primary data stores
- Help Application and Infrastructure teams make scaling, data and
data-architecture related decisions
- Train and advise the Application Development teams on database related
topics, like query optimization and schema migrations

You should have:

- Experience managing SQL databases
- Experience managing PostgreSQL databases
- Experience administering production systems
- Experience scaling and tuning production Postgres instances
- Understanding of web architecture as it relates to databases;
experience with ORM
- Experience managing data technologies databases, non-relational
databases, a plus
- Experience managing RDS databases, a plus
- Experience working with logical decoding, a plus

Pay, Perks & Such:

At Greenhouse, we love to celebrate our diverse group of hardworking
employees – and it shows. We’re proud to say that in 2018, we’ve been
ranked #2 by Crain’s New York Best Places to Work, #10 Best Company Culture
to work for by Comparably, #37 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor and are
recognized on Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list. We pride ourselves on
our collaborative culture that is pervasive throughout every step of a
Greenhouse employee's journey. Starting with our interviews and continuing
through our executive “Ask Me Anything” sessions, collaboration is at the
heart of working at Greenhouse.

We offer a full slate of benefits including competitive salaries, stock
options, medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverages, FSA, HSA,
flexible vacation, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan and a parental leave
program. And... we offer some not-so-standard, extra-fun benefits,
including learning & development stipends, adoption and fertility benefits,
an employee discount platform, and of course, fully stocked fridges and
cold brew on tap. :)

We value diversity and believe forming teams in which everyone can be their
authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from
underrepresented backgrounds and different industries to apply. Come join
us, and find out what the best work of your career could look like here at
Greenhouse.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the role.

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*Josh Bazemore, Engineering Manager, Tools and Operations* |
www.greenhouse.io
We’re Hiring! <http://grnh.se/riv546>