Senior Database Engineer
Adjust, an AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) company, is trusted by marketers around the world to measure and grow their apps across platforms, from mobile to CTV and beyond. Adjust works with companies at every stage of the app marketing journey, from fast-growing digital brands to brick-and-mortar companies launching their first apps. Adjust’s powerful measurement and analytics suite provides visibility, insights and essential tools that drive better results.
Our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our customers around the world. We seek outstanding candidates who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous learning and skill-building. We aim to support each other to ensure equitable and inclusive experiences, furthering our goal to create a culture of belonging that values the contributions of all team members.
We're proud to have received several awards in Summer 2022, including G2's Easiest Setup, Easiest Admin, Leader, and Easiest To Do Business With. Our CPO was also honored with a Top Women in Media Award, and we were named the Best Overall Mobile Marketing Solution of 2022. These accolades are a testament to the excellence and innovation of our award-winning company.
Get to know Engineering / The Department
Our Engineering department is the dynamic powerhouse behind Adjust's cutting-edge technologies. Through seamless collaboration with our Product and Support teams, we transform concepts into tangible, customer-centric solutions with a strong sense of ownership and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
Make an Impact/ The role:
As a Senior PostgreSQL DBA (mostly PostgreSQL, we also use Clickhouse) you will be part of our Database Team and you will ensure that existing database applications continue to work at any scale from Terabytes to Petabytes. You will be involved in every aspect of the platform such as providing PostgreSQL as a service, high availability setups, PostgreSQL extensions development, automation development, optimizations and analytics reporting software.
Empower Your Potential/ Responsibilities:
- Improve and optimize our architecture and suggest improvements to current processes and structures
- Troubleshoot PostgreSQL issues and propose/implement fixes
- Advice our development teams on database best practices
- PostgreSQL setup and tuning on a very high transaction rate and distributed environment containing PetaBytes of data
- PostgreSQL custom extensions building and maintenance (C, SQL, PL/pgsql)
- Maintain and develop data pipelines (C, SQL, PL/pgsql) or support other teams doing so
- General maintenance tasks, operation monitoring and incident management
- Writing queries and optimizing existing ones
Bring Your Knowledge/ Experience & Qualifications:
- Proven experience as Administrator of heavily-loaded PostgreSQL databases
- Good understanding and experience in C
- Knowledge or willingness to learn Go
- Knowledge of any automation tools (we use Ansible)
- Solid research skills
- Experience with distributed environments
Enhance Your Experience / Perks & Benefits:
- Opportunity to make an impact on the ad-tech industry working for a forward-thinking leader in the space
- International, diverse teams with a strong focus on transparency, feedback and fun
- Education opportunities for ongoing professional development & continuous learning
- Company onboarding program where you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of our product with your fellow newbies
- Flexible workplace policy, allowing you to work either from home or our office space
- Generous vacation policy with flexible vacation days
- Additional health insurance
- Group life assurance
- Wellbeing support with qualified therapists
- Paid parental leave to support you and your little ones
- WFH program with remote online events (Coffee chats, team events, games, etc.)
- Monthly perk stipend to choose the perks that matter most to you
More details about our company culture and perks can be found on our career page.
Interested? Let's Talk!
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Equal opportunity employer
Adjust is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We champion a diverse and inclusive culture in all of our offices around the globe. We understand that all candidates are individuals with unique backgrounds and talents. At Adjust, we assess candidates on qualifications, merit and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you see a position that excites you, please apply! We would love to have you join us in our mission to build a global tech company where we're all proud to belong to.
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