Database Engineer, Sr

Fiserv, Inc.
Sunnyvale, United States of America
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 240K

Job location

Sunnyvale, United States of America

Tech stack

Backup Devices
Cloud Engineering
Databases
Relational Databases
Shard (Database Architecture)
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Network Security
MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
Performance Tuning
Clover
SQL Databases
System Availability
Database Optimization
Database Performance
Database Migration
Information Technology
Docker
Service Stack

Job description

The Database team within Clover Infrastructure is responsible for managing and scaling SQL deployments in the cloud heavily dependent on MySQL Databases and NoSQL MongoDB solutions, ensuring seamless performance and reliability. With a forward-looking approach, we explore cutting-edge cloud technologies to enhance scalability, simplify management, and boost database performance. Collaborating closely with developers, we co-design database strategies tailored to specific requirements. Beyond maintaining performance and the technology stack, our role is pivotal in shaping the future of databases.

What You Will Do

  • Ensure high reliability and performance for applications while supporting new feature development
  • Perform schema changes without downtime in a growing sharded database environment
  • Manage data migrations between shards and create new clusters to support growth
  • Resolve performance issues through analysis and optimization
  • Automate routine DBA tasks to improve efficiency and reliability
  • Support development of new features in both RDBMS and NoSQL environments

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science; Master's preferred
  • 8+ years with MySQL, including replication, sharding, database performance tuning, and backups
  • 3+ years with NoSQL preferably MongoDB with Atlas and sharding experience
  • Experience with Planetscale/Vitess
  • Cloud-native database experience and DevOps familiarity
  • Docker and Kubernetes proficiency
  • Clear understanding of Network constructs and Network security

What Would Be Great To Have

  • Distributed systems architecture
  • High availability design
  • Performance optimization techniques
  • Database migration strategies
  • 6+ years of an equivalent combination of educational background, related experience, and/or military experience

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About the company

We're Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants and consumers to one another millions of times a day - quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we're involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference at Fiserv., A successful Senior Database Engineer at Clover transforms database infrastructure into a powerful, scalable engine that drives our payment ecosystem. You'll be the architect of performance, designing and optimizing database solutions that enable seamless transactions for over 1M merchants worldwide. Your expertise will directly impact how small and medium businesses process $310 billion in card transactions, turning technical challenges into strategic opportunities that support business growth and innovation.

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