Senior MySQL Database Administrator

Location : Tallinn or Tartu

We would like you to join our team as a DBA on our Data Platform Team.

The Data Platform Team at Boku is a small team with big responsibilities, at the heart of all the action. As such, we are responsible for not just the production and Dev/QA/Test environments, but also the flow of data, the monitoring of data, and its various auxiliary data repositories (transactional data set, data warehouse, etc.). We are looking for someone who can not only get their hands dirty fixing operational issues, but who can also think about the big picture and identify the ramifications of decisions made in one area upon the entire data fabric.

Your responsibilities in this role are:

• Provision MySQL instances, both in clustered and non-clustered configurations
• Ensure optimal performance, security, and high availability of large, Terabyte-sized databases
• Manage critical production environment replication systems
• Identify and resolve critical production issues with active/active multi-datacenter OLTP environment
• Ensure 99.999% uptime of database technologies, including identifying areas for improvement to meet the SLA
• Profile server resource usage and optimize as necessary
• Troubleshoot, monitor, and optimize performance issues, such as queries or processes
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders on database architecture and performance
• Identify and prototype new data technologies to improve performance, reliability, to extend features
• Participate in 24/7 DBA team on-call rotation for production databases
• Handle common database procedures, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, etc.
• Deploy schema changes to production databases
• Help build and introduce systems, tools, policies and procedures that raise company productivity

About you:

• 5 years DBA experience, of which 2+ should be as a senior DBA
• 3+ years of production MySQL database administration (v5.5+) in a live-traffic, large replicated database environment
• Significant experience with managing database environments on AWS (e.g. RHEL on EC2, EBS, Redshift, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Production support experience in an environment with 24/7 uptime
• Strong understanding of MySQL architecture and management, and InnoDB storage engine
• Ability to design and modify complex database schemas
• Experience with Continuent Tungsten or similar replication/clustering technology
• Experience with database migration between different technologies such as native MySQL, RDS, Aurora, etc.
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills
• Critical thinking and problem solving, with excellent attention to detail

Great to have:

• Experience with AWS Redshift, RDS, Aurora, PostgreSQL
• Experience with emerging/alternative technologies for possible adoption (in-memory databases, distributed event technologies such as Kafka, etc.)
• Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Trino
• Experience with Data integration and data orchestration tooling such as AirFlow, dagster, dbt, etc.

And in return we offer you:  

• Stock equity for publicly listed Boku Inc 
• Extra vacation days between Christmas and New Year 
• Generous referral bonus 
• Home Office equipment budget 
• We are a family-friendly employer with a certified gold-level 
• Exciting possibility to work with well-known names in the internet/digital/mobile/gaming industry 
• Personal development, growth & learning opportunities in a motivated, talented and international team 
• Frequent all-inclusive team events that will help you quickly integrate into our talented and fun team 
• Independence to define your role: the freedom to act and take responsibility 
• Variety of learning & development opportunities and much more