Senior Database Administrator

Atlanta, GA
$145,000-175,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

28 days ago
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Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family's future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It's no small task, and that's why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.As a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) at Greenlight, you will serve as a technical leader within our Infrastructure & Operations team, ensuring the foundation, security, and reliability of our database systems. In this senior-level role, you'll provide expert guidance across Engineering disciplines to maintain high standards while driving innovation in our database infrastructure that supports our direct-to-consumer and SaaS products.Your day-to-day:

Architect, design, and implement advanced solutions and best practices for MySQL, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL infrastructure
Serve as the technical advisor on NoSQL/SQL development to engineering and technical support teams
Lead the design and implementation of scalable database infrastructure to support Greenlight's continued growth
Develop sophisticated monitoring systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues
Partner with the SRE team to design and implement production changes and lead database-related incident resolution
Orchestrate data integration and synchronization strategies across various systems
Design and implement comprehensive automation frameworks and self-service tooling for engineering teams
Establish and maintain database documentation standards including schemas, configurations, and procedures
Lead observability initiatives across database infrastructure and implement advanced preventative measures
Direct capacity planning and forecasting to ensure optimal resource allocation for current and future needs
Lead on-call support processes and drive continuous improvement in database incident remediation
Research and recommend emerging database technologies and best practices for implementation

What you'll bring to the team:

6+ years of extensive experience as a Database Administrator with proven leadership in database architecture
Deep expertise managing mission-critical, highly transactional distributed databases (MySQL preferred) in enterprise cloud environments
Advanced knowledge of AWS RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, and Redis (AWS ElastiCache) administration
Experience leading on-call support processes and mentoring team members
Advanced SQL development skills with a track record of complex query optimization
Expert-level troubleshooting abilities for database integrity issues, performance problems, blocking/deadlocking, replication, and connectivity challenges
Superior analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve complex database problems
Extensive experience in performance tuning, query optimization, and implementing monitoring solutions
Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform
Strong technical leadership and communication skills to influence cross-functional teams

Work perks at Greenlight:

Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match
Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Traditional 401k with company match
Unlimited PTO
Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays
Mental health resources
Professional development stipend
1:1 financial planners
Fertility healthcare
100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave
Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities
Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours
Employee resource groups

Our stance on salaries:Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401K match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive.The estimated base pay range for this position in (NY, CA, WA): $145,000 - 185,000The estimated base pay range for this position in (CO): $145,000 - 175,000Who we are:It takes a special team to aim for a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We're looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, “How can I help?” and then “How can we make this even better?” If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and help parents raise a financially smart generation, apply to join our team.Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview experience. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email .

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