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Boomi · 7 hours ago

Software Principal Engineer - DBA

Boomi is a fast-growing company aiming to connect everyone to everything through their intelligent integration and automation platform. As a DBA, you will lead database administration for Boomi's high-availability Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure, collaborating with various teams to develop new product features and enhancements.

Cloud ComputingData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
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Responsibilities

Lead database administration for Boomi's multi-region, high-availability Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure supporting millions of integration processes and billions of transactions monthly
Lead design and architectural discussions to strategize, define, and implement highly scalable backend database systems that provide exceptional resilience and contribute to 99.999% (5-9s) uptime
Define database standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization
Manage extremely large and wide variety of databases in production across multiple regions
Optimize database performance for RedSky and Shard databases, perform index optimization, query tuning, and capacity planning to support growing workloads
Monitor and resolve database performance issues during incidents working with Cloud vendors, third party DB experts, and internal teams to resolve complex database issues
Maintain Global Database clusters for cross-region replication and disaster recovery
Execute database failovers with zero data loss while maintaining zero-downtime with robust roll-back procedures in place
Implement and test backup/restore strategies for multi-TB databases
Manage database access controls and privilege management by implementing security best practices for multi-tenant database environments. Ensure compliance with data protection regulations

Qualification

AWS Aurora RDSSQL optimizationDatabase performance tuningDatabase automationTerraformKubernetes StatefulSetsMySQL ClusterAWS Database Migration ServiceClear communicationProblem-solving

Required

7+ years production DBA experience with wide variety of databases and technologies
Deep knowledge of AWS Aurora RDS, replication, and failover mechanisms
Strong SQL optimization and performance tuning skills
Experience with 40+ TB databases and high-transaction environments
Proficiency with database monitoring tools (New Relic, CloudWatch, PMM)
Proven track record handling large-scale database incidents and ability to make critical decisions under pressure during outages
Solve complex problems at a massive scale
Clear communication during incidents and post-mortems

Preferred

Experience with database automation and IaC (Terraform)
Knowledge of Kubernetes StatefulSets for database workloads
Prior experience in SaaS/PaaS environments
Experience with MySQL Cluster or Group Replication
Knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (New Relic, etc.)
Experience with automated backup and failover solutions
Understanding of database capacity planning and resource optimization

Company

Boomi is a software firm that provides cloud integration solutions via a SaaS platform for providers to stay connected with their consumers.

H1B Sponsorship

Boomi has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (33)
2024 (37)
2023 (28)
2022 (75)
2021 (46)
2020 (60)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$979.9M
Key Investors
FirstMark
2022-02-25Debt Financing· $975M
2021-05-02Secondary Market
2021-05-02Acquired

Leadership Team

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Michael Morton
Chief Technology Officer
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Christopher Port
Chief Operating Officer
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