Fishbowl · 17 hours ago
My SQL Database Engineer
Fishbowl is an industry leading supplier of manufacturing and warehouse management software. They are seeking a Senior Production MySQL Database Engineer to own and operate their database layer, making architectural decisions and supporting the system in production across multiple data centers.
ManufacturingSaaSService IndustrySmall and Medium BusinessesSoftwareWarehousing
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate a production MySQL Galera environment across multiple data centers
Own ProxySQL configuration, routing logic, and failover behavior at scale
Implement and manage global data locality and writable instance selection per tenant
Ensure replication health within clusters, across clusters, and across data centers
Define backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies and test them regularly
Tune MySQL for high concurrency, low latency, and predictable performance
Build tooling and automation for monitoring, alerting, failover, and routine operations
Troubleshoot complex production issues involving replication, consistency, latency, and failover
Partner with infrastructure engineers on network design, storage, orchestration, and observability
Establish operational standards, runbooks, and on call procedures for the database layer
Qualification
Required
Deep hands on experience running MySQL in production at scale
Strong practical knowledge of MySQL Galera, including failure modes and recovery
Experience operating ProxySQL in front of high traffic application fleets
Proven ability to manage multi data center replication and active active traffic patterns
Comfort being the sole owner of a critical production system
Strong debugging skills across MySQL, networking, and application interaction layers
Experience working with containerized backends and modern infrastructure stacks
Ability to design systems, not just maintain them
Benefits
Flexible PTO with no accrual needed allowing employees the time they need away from work
Multiple healthcare options to choose from including PPO and CDHP options with matching company contributions to an employee’s HSA account
Paid parental leave
401K matching
Company
Fishbowl
Fishbowl empowers small to midsize businesses to succeed by delivering AI-centric inventory and manufacturing solutions that help teams operate smarter, respond quicker, and unlock more reliable operations.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-12-01Acquired
Recent News
2025-04-01
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