Staff Database Engineer II - Poland

Paid holidays and flexible, take-it-as-you-need-it scheduled time off

A culture built on innovation that values big ideas, no matter where they come from

A MacBook set up and ready from day one, plus a $500 stipend to design your ideal workspace

Central European Time (CET) hours to support a balanced schedule for our Poland-based team

Equity in a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier VCs

🚀 About the role

As a Staff Database Engineer I within our Site Reliability Engineering team, you improve the performance, reliability, security, and scalability of our database systems. You design and maintain resilient data solutions, optimize database usage patterns, and help engineering teams make sound decisions about schema design, queries, migrations, and integrations.

You apply deep database expertise to complex production challenges and contribute to system design, cloud architecture, continuous delivery, and business continuity practices. You identify risks, resolve recurring issues, and develop solutions that improve long-term maintainability. You provide thoughtful technical guidance, contribute to design reviews, and help engineers adopt effective database practices.

Our team is passionate, empathetic, hard working, and above all else focused on improving the lives of our service professionals (our Pros). Our success is their success.

Compensation: 9 400 - 11 800 USD per month (B2B)

What you do each day:

Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable database schemas and storage systems

Optimize MySQL and PostgreSQL databases for performance, stability, security, and efficient resource use

Develop and implement database scaling strategies, including replication, partitioning, and sharding

Partner with engineering teams to improve schema designs, queries, data migrations, and application integrations

Monitor and troubleshoot production databases, resolving issues that affect availability, performance, or data integrity

Analyze database incidents, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventative solutions

Contribute database expertise to architecture and design reviews for new systems and enhancements

Support cross-functional initiatives involving disaster recovery, data classification, software upgrades, ETL, security, and compliance

Establish and promote effective practices for database observability, high availability, backup, recovery, and maintainability

Evaluate emerging database technologies and practices that may improve the scalability, reliability, or efficiency of our systems

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing relational database systems in complex production environments

Experience in database engineering, DevOps, software engineering, site reliability engineering, or a related technical field

Deep knowledge of database architecture, data modeling, indexing, transactions, constraints, and query optimization

Hands-on experience optimizing and supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, or comparable relational database technologies

Experience with database backup and recovery, high availability, replication, partitioning, and scaling strategies

Knowledge of database security practices, access controls, data protection, and compliance requirements

Experience diagnosing production database issues and developing durable solutions that reduce recurring risk

Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi

Strong communication skills with the ability to explain database concepts and technical trade-offs to varied audiences

Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to building high-quality, maintainable systems

What will help you succeed:

Strong systems thinking and the ability to balance immediate operational needs with long-term reliability and scalability

Sound technical judgment when evaluating database architecture, indexing, storage, and performance trade-offs

The ability to create clarity when requirements, constraints, or paths forward are ambiguous

A collaborative approach to guiding engineers and improving database practices across teams

The ability to influence technical decisions and align stakeholders without relying on direct authority

Intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated ability to build expertise across unfamiliar systems and technologies

Personal resilience and adaptability as priorities, technologies, and organizational needs evolve

A pragmatic mindset that balances technical excellence with customer value and business impact

Sounds interesting? We're waiting for your resume!

This role is open to candidates in Poland. The specific salary for the successful candidate will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.