Description

With tens of millions of visitors every week, we strive to be the best in the industry for our users. You’ll be responsible for taking ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure for multiple platforms and facilitating releases into new regions. Our systems were written from scratch about 4 years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades-old technologies. You'll also have the freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack as you and the team see fit.

Your Day-to-day

• Take ownership and responsibility for our existing and new database infrastructure.
• Perform slow query monitoring and proactively adjust database system capacity.
• Automate deployments and configuration management, and build infrastructure with Terraform.
• Enhance our existing dashboards and develop new dashboards and alert mechanisms.
• Facilitate the database aspects of deploying into new regions.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities on a rotating pattern.
• Our stack: MySQL, MongoDB, AWS EC2, Cloudwatch, RDS, Redshift, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform, Python, Shell etc.

You should apply if you have

• 4+ years of experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Redshift.
• Experience delivering quality documentation and operational runbooks.
• An open mind and willingness to take on new challenges in a rapidly growing organization.
• Fluency in English, as Sporty is an English-speaking working environment.

Note: If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.