Credit Karma · 17 hours ago
Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelCredit Karma is a mission-driven company focused on championing financial progress for over 140 million members globally. As a Database Reliability Engineer, you will improve the reliability, performance, and scale of Credit Karma’s database infrastructure, working primarily with MySQL and GCP to enhance developer velocity and modernize key systems.
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Responsibilities
MySQL database administration, management and engineering using industry and community standards/tools
Enhance developer velocity by leading the design and development of automation and self-service tooling
Preventing data loss using replication technologies and backups
Improving and developing our toolset for MySQL management systems
Implementing and improving our distributed database architecture in both Postgres and MySQL
Improving recovery time through automation and processes
Improving deployment processes through automation
Part of the on-call team and rotation, helping resolve critical issues as quickly as possible
Maintaining an automation centric vision and incorporating SRE methodologies in an effort to increase reliability and decreasing toil
Provide support and knowhow to developers for GCP persistence tools, primarily Spanner
Working with the team on all the above listed points and delegate appropriately
Qualification
Required
Experience with database administration, primarily using MySQL
Solid understanding of database system internals, and their impact on query and system performance
Experience working in production environments at scale, and want to improve our availability and performance
Writing scripts should come as second nature to you, and you should have experience with Python, Bash, Ruby, or Perl (we gravitate towards Python)
Experience with a configuration management system like Puppet, Chef or Salt (we use Salt)
Proficient in communicating technical details using English, both verbally and written
Excited about working closely with everyone, as well as engineering stakeholders and developers
Team player and thrive in a tightly knitted team where everyone shares a common goal
Experience with GCP and/or AWS
Possess an unwavering desire to learn
Benefits
Medical and Dental Coverage
Retirement Plan
Commuter Benefits
Wellness perks
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)
Education Perks
Paid Gift Week in December
Company
Credit Karma
Credit Karma offers a range of tools and personalized recommendations designed to help customers make the most of their money.
Founded in 2007
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$868MKey Investors
Silver LakeSV AngelCapitalG
2020-02-24Acquired
2018-03-28Secondary Market· $500M
2015-06-23Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Ryan Graciano
Co-Founder & Consulting Advisor
Alicia Hwang
Managing Counsel
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