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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Database Engineer - **Company:** SHEIN --- - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Salary:** $86,400.0 - $138,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Information Systems, Databases, Data as a Services, Data Integrity, Data Security, Database Design, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Ghost (Backup Software), Apache HBase, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, MySQL, Operational Databases, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Data Processing, Scripting, System Availability, Database Performance, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software, Vertica, Database Tools and Utilities, Golang - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/database-engineer-shein-9003621 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline. * MySQL specific database experience. * Experience using Azure or any other cloud provider. * A solid understanding of distributed/replicated database topologies. * Systematic problem-solving approach, combined with a sense of ownership and drive. * Track record monitoring and analyzing system performance, isolating issues or bottlenecks that could impact reliability, performance and scalability. * Good understanding of Linux system, ability to deploy open-source software independently. * Proficient in more than one scripting language (golang/python/shell, etc.). * A strong desire to be challenged by problems of scale and complexity to make our service better for our customers. * The ability to remain calm in the face of extreme crises. * Good verbal and written communication skills, and be able to work effectively with geographically remote teams. Nice to have * Fluency in Mandarin * Experience managing MySQL / Percona Server 8 at scale. * Experience managing distributed database, like Clickhouse, Hbase, MongoDB and Starrocks etc. * Experience with Percona tools, Orchestrator, Ghost etc. ## Description We are looking for a Database Engineer with experience working in large-scale mission-critical environments with zero downtime for our San Diego-based corporate office. The SHEIN DBRE team is a mix of DBA/SRE/DBRE oriented folks whose overarching goal is to provide highly available data services at scale. They strive to build an extremely reliable, performant, and secure database infrastructure through the skillful use of automation. This team is responsible for providing new architectures and scalability solutions to ever-growing business and data processing needs. Our ideal candidate has a strong understanding of database fundamentals and how the properties of different database systems interact with applications and operating systems. You will be working onsite on a distributed team, with access to multiple customer environments., * Maintaining scalable, reliable, and robust production database environments. * Monitoring for problems and diagnosing and addressing those problems as needed. * Performance tuning, query optimization, and index tuning. * Building database tools and scripts to simplify, automate, to reduce operation toil. * Responsible for working with development teams and engineers to provide a database design guidance. * Handle Database upgrades and migrations, while monitoring and improving database performance. * Triage and solve database issues, drive incidents until resolution and employ measures to prevent recurrence. * Do capacity planning benchmarking on various databases. * Provide assessments of data integrity, high availability, data security, and privacy. * Provide 24x7 escalated on-call support on a pager rotation. ## Related Videos - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Branch your database like your code: How schema changes and pull requests go hand in hand](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/350-branch-your-database-like-your-code-how-schema-changes-and-pull-requests-go-hand-in-hand) - [Discover the open source trio you didn’t expect: .NET and PostgreSQL on Linux](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2042-discover-the-open-source-trio-you-didn-t-expect-net-and-postgresql-on-linux) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)