Database Engineer

About us:

Amach is an industry-leading technology driven company with headquarters located in Dublin and remote teams in UK and Europe.

Our blended teams of local and nearshore talent are optimised to deliver high quality and collaborative solutions.

Founded in 2013, Amach was created to solve a specific problem in aviation: too much complexity, too little usable intelligence. We help airlines modernise their operating model using cloud, data and Al-delivered by teams with deep aviation domain expertise.

Our goal is to maximize airlines' operational efficiency by optimizing resource use, reduce costs and increase customer experience and satisfaction.

Our customer actively develops and improves their own proprietary ad-serving technology platform and custom-built infrastructure, enabling them to innovate and deploy new features and functionality quickly in a fast-moving and demanding industry.

We are seeking to recruit a highly skilled Database Engineer to join our customer's team to design, build and scale their platform offerings across a wide range of web and mobile projects. These projects utilise modern technologies such as Data Streaming, Big Data and Real-Time Statistics Computation. 

This is a fully remote position, and you can work from anywhere in Portugal.

Key responsibilities & duties include:

• Manage and monitor MariaDB database systems
• Ensure system reliability and stability over time
• Ensure the best cost-effective and efficient use of resources
• Work together with development teams to design, implement and maintain databases based on end-user requirements
• Regularly review and work towards improving database systems’ design
• Research performance bottlenecks and suggest solutions to resolve concerns
• Contribute to team process improvements adhering to industry best practices and principles
• Participate in team knowledge sharing activities

Required Experience:

• Proven experience with MySQL/MariaDB administration
• Experience in diagnosing, analysing and resolving operational problems
• Experience in database performance analysis and fine-tuning
• Knowledge about partitioning and sharding of data
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and related management tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Excellent written, spoken and interpersonal communication skills
• BS / MS in Computer Science / related technical discipline OR equivalent experience

What’s in it for you: 

• An opportunity to join a fast-growing company  
• Options for career advancement 
• Learning and development opportunities 
• Flexible working environment
• Competitive salaries based on experience 

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Amach is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This job description is intended to convey essential responsibilities and qualifications for this role, but it is not an exhaustive list of tasks that an employee may be required to perform.

If you are passionate about driving customer success, advising on strategic solutions, and contributing to product innovation, we would love to hear from you!

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At Amach, we strive to be an inclusive community of open-minded individuals with different backgrounds and we are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strongly believe that a diversity of experience and background is essential to create a fulfilling environment and better solutions for our people and our customers. All Amach employees and contractors are expected to honour this policy and act to ensure that every individual is respected in the workplace. 

Your personal data

Amach will process your personal information in accordance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will comply with data protection law and principles, which means that your data will be:

• Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way
• Collected only for valid purposes and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
• Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
• Accurate and kept up to date
• Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
• Kept securely

If you would like to contact us about your data, please use the following address: info@amach.com