
About Percona
Empowering businesses with open-source database solutions
Key Highlights
- Supports over 3,000 customers including Cisco & Verizon
- Founded in 2006, headquartered in Durham, NC
- $1M raised to enhance open-source database services
- Expertise in MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL management
Percona, headquartered in Durham, NC, specializes in open-source database management, providing enterprise-class support for MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL. Founded in 2006, Percona serves over 3,000 customers, including major companies like Cisco and Verizon, and has raised $1M in funding. With a f...
🎁 Benefits
Percona offers competitive salaries, equity options, generous PTO, and a flexible remote work policy to support work-life balance. Employees also bene...
🌟 Culture
Percona fosters a culture centered around open-source principles, emphasizing transparency and collaboration. The company values agility and adaptabil...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Percona is hiring a Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer to assist customers with complex database issues. You'll work with elite engineers and tackle high-complexity problems in large database deployments. This role requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL.
Job Description
Who you are
You have extensive experience in database engineering, particularly with PostgreSQL, and possess a strong analytical mindset that allows you to tackle complex database issues effectively. Your attention to detail and critical thinking skills enable you to provide insightful analyses and solutions to customers' problems. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working alongside some of the industry's top database experts who are not only colleagues but also mentors and friends. You are self-directed and enjoy the challenge of improving database infrastructures for global Fortune 50 companies. Your communication skills are top-notch, allowing you to convey technical information clearly and effectively to customers.
What you'll do
In this role, you will be responsible for assisting customers' DBA teams with high-complexity problems, gathering relevant data, and investigating issues to provide detailed analyses of your findings. You will engage in screen-sharing sessions to help customers navigate and resolve critical issues quickly. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to author blog posts on interesting database topics, sharing your knowledge and insights with the broader community. Your work will directly impact the performance and reliability of massive database deployments, ensuring that customers can depend on their database infrastructures.
What we offer
At Percona, you will be part of a high-growth tech company recognized as a leader in the open-source database space. We offer a collaborative work environment where you can enhance your skills and knowledge while working on some of the most complex database challenges in the industry. You will have the chance to contribute to meaningful projects that have a significant impact on our customers' businesses. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
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