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Senior Engineer, Database Infrastructure - Slack
role at Slack Slack's Datastores team builds and operates the database platform powering Slack. We write software to manage thousands of stateful hosts, providing several petabytes of online database capacity. We are building one of the fastest-growing database platforms in the world. Our MySQL databases run in Vitess. About Slack & Background
Slack enables people all over the world to communicate and collaborate together. Teams of all scales use Slack to get work done, so we take performance and reliability very seriously. Responsibilities
Operate and enhance our large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess. Develop tools to enable self-service and self-managing capabilities of our database infrastructure so that other teams can operate full-stack while rapidly building new features for our customers. Collaborate with engineering teams on their database storage needs, and advise them throughout the development lifecycle. Write code to capture database performance, and create tools and dashboards to provide actionable insight into that data. Participate in on-call rotation and collaborate with the operations team to triage and resolve production issues. Support FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities. You may be a fit for this role if you
Have a related technical degree. Have 5+ years of experience in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed system-owning teams with increasing responsibilities. Have professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java. Write code that is clear and maintainable and collaborate with other teams to integrate new features or adopt self-service features. Operated at least one distributed system at scale in a team environment (e.g., MySQL/Postgres, Kafka, Cassandra, or ElasticSearch). Deployed server software on Linux and operated it at scale; debugged issues and optimized performance. Experience operating cloud infrastructure, especially AWS. Familiar with deployment automation/configuration tools like Chef, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet. Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to different audiences. Core Infrastructure is a diverse and inclusive team that supports learning and growth; its not required to have expertise across all areas. Additional
If you require accommodations due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via the Accommodations form. Salesforce Slack postings include an equal opportunity statement and describe the companys commitment to fairness in hiring. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Senior Engineer, Database Infrastructure - Slack
role at Slack Slack's Datastores team builds and operates the database platform powering Slack. We write software to manage thousands of stateful hosts, providing several petabytes of online database capacity. We are building one of the fastest-growing database platforms in the world. Our MySQL databases run in Vitess. About Slack & Background
Slack enables people all over the world to communicate and collaborate together. Teams of all scales use Slack to get work done, so we take performance and reliability very seriously. Responsibilities
Operate and enhance our large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess. Develop tools to enable self-service and self-managing capabilities of our database infrastructure so that other teams can operate full-stack while rapidly building new features for our customers. Collaborate with engineering teams on their database storage needs, and advise them throughout the development lifecycle. Write code to capture database performance, and create tools and dashboards to provide actionable insight into that data. Participate in on-call rotation and collaborate with the operations team to triage and resolve production issues. Support FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities. You may be a fit for this role if you
Have a related technical degree. Have 5+ years of experience in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed system-owning teams with increasing responsibilities. Have professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java. Write code that is clear and maintainable and collaborate with other teams to integrate new features or adopt self-service features. Operated at least one distributed system at scale in a team environment (e.g., MySQL/Postgres, Kafka, Cassandra, or ElasticSearch). Deployed server software on Linux and operated it at scale; debugged issues and optimized performance. Experience operating cloud infrastructure, especially AWS. Familiar with deployment automation/configuration tools like Chef, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet. Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to different audiences. Core Infrastructure is a diverse and inclusive team that supports learning and growth; its not required to have expertise across all areas. Additional
If you require accommodations due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via the Accommodations form. Salesforce Slack postings include an equal opportunity statement and describe the companys commitment to fairness in hiring. #J-18808-Ljbffr