ComboCurve · 1 month ago
Database Administrator, MongoDB
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
1+ years expComboCurve is an industry leading cloud-based software solution for A&D, reservoir management, and forecasting in the energy sector. They are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Database Administrator to support their database infrastructure, primarily focusing on MongoDB, while also working with relational databases and data engineering workflows.
Oil and GasSaaS
Responsibilities
MongoDB ownership
Design and administer replica sets and clusters (capacity planning, scaling, automation)
Performance tuning: indexing strategy, query profiling, schema design, aggregation pipelines, concurrency, and connection management
Backup/restore, point-in-time recovery, and disaster recovery runbooks
Observability: Create dashboards/alerts (e.g., Atlas/Cloud Manager, Datadog) and capacity/latency SLOs
Run and verify backups/restores; maintain runbooks and checklists
Relational DB support (secondary)
Administer and RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL or Snowflake): backups, replication, query tuning, indexing, vacuum/maintenance
Data modeling, normalization vs. denormalization, and query plan analysis
Data engineering
Build and maintain ETL/ELT jobs to move data between MongoDB and relational systems
Implement change data capture, data validation, and quality checks
Development & collaboration
Write utilities and automation in JavaScript/Node.js; craft complex SQL and MQL queries
Review designs with application engineers; advise on data access patterns and schema evolution
Participate in an on-call rotation and incident response; drive root-cause analysis and preventive fixes
Collaboration & communication
Partner with dev teams to understand feature needs and data access patterns; translate requirements into DB tasks
Communicate clearly in standups, PRs, and docs; escalate risks early with actionable proposals
Contribute to incident response as a learner; participate in postmortems and document follow-ups
Qualification
Required
1–3 years of experience working with databases
Basic understanding of MongoDB concepts such as documents, collections, and indexes
Exposure to SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL, or Snowflake preferred)
Familiarity with JavaScript/Node.js and Python
Detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working in a collaborative engineering environment
Excellent communication skills and eagerness to learn from feedback
Preferred
Hands-on experience with MongoDB Atlas, Datadog, or similar monitoring tools
Familiarity with ETL pipelines, data validation, or automation frameworks
Exposure to cloud platforms (GCP, or Azure)
Experience writing small automation or data tools using APIs or scripting
Benefits
Mentorship from experienced engineers who will help you grow into a database specialist.
Opportunities to work on real production systems and learn modern data infrastructure from the inside out.
A collaborative, growth-oriented culture that encourages learning and continuous improvement.
The chance to make a meaningful impact on the reliability and performance of our platform.
Company
ComboCurve
ComboCurve helps decision-makers value assets, de-risk decisions, plan for net-zero, and save time in a cloud-based collaboration platform.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$50M2022-04-12Series B· $50M
2021-11-10Series A
Leadership Team
CJ Montano
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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