Lead MySQL Platform Engineer, Partnerize
Partnership management software
Open for applications
Partnership management software
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To turn partnerships into a profit center.
Role
Who you are
- Expert-level MySQL knowledge: performance tuning, distributed replication, recovery, and storage internals
- Strong experience with observability and performance tooling (Percona, PMM, Performance Schema, Grafana)
- Proficiency with Linux systems, networking concepts, and automation scripting
- Experience designing and supporting high-scale, mission-critical databases in production
- Clear communication and the ability to influence architecture across teams
Desirable
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Druid, or other NoSQL stores
- Experience building DBA/DBRE automation and infra-as-code (Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)
- Familiarity with microservices, containers, and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
What the job involves
- Own the strategy, performance, and evolution of Partnerize’s global MySQL platform
- Partnerize is undergoing major platform transformation — replacing legacy systems, expanding our technology estate, and driving toward high-availability, globally resilient data infrastructure. Our MySQL platform is critical to this mission
- We’re looking for a Lead MySQL Platform Engineer to define and drive database architecture, champion best practice, and ensure world-class performance and reliability
- Lead architecture, design, and evolution of our MySQL platform across global environments
- Engineer robust replication strategies (GTID-based, multi-region, failover) and drive HA improvements
- Optimise performance across indexing, schema design, slow-query analysis, and workload profiling
- Guide and implement major lifecycle events — migrations, version upgrades, topology redesigns
- Build automation and tooling to reduce operational load and embed resilience into the stack
- Provide deep technical expertise to engineering teams and mentor peers on database best practice
- Architect systems at the core of a global SaaS platform
- Shape foundational decisions as we scale into the next era of growth
- Work alongside high-calibre engineers in a remote-first, collaborative culture
- Own the MySQL platform end-to-end — with the autonomy to modernise and innovate
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Partnerize is a SaaS company offering a Partner Management Platform that helps businesses form, manage, analyze, and predict the outcomes of their partner marketing programs. Leveraging the power of AI, it streamlines the entire process, making it easier for companies to maximize their partner relationships.
As the world of partnerships evolves, Partnerize has positioned itself at the forefront of this dynamic field. With a growing range of sectors such as channel partnerships, influencer collaborations, loyalty programs, referral networks, and brand-to-brand alliances, the company has adapted to meet the complex needs of modern partner marketing, in addition to traditional affiliate marketing.
Partnerize is focused on providing its clients with an edge over the competition by automating as much of the partnership management process as possible. This commitment to efficiency, combined with its ability to leverage economies of scale, enables the company to address some of the industry's toughest challenges, including payments, ensuring that clients remain loyal to its platform.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2020
$50m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2018
$9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $87.5m
Company benefits
- Incentives
- Generous wellness benefits and paid time off
- Robust parental leave
- Competitive retirement savings benefits
- Employee learning & development opportunities
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Matt Gilbert
(CEO)Previously the CEO of Pepperjam and Kinetic Social. They also spent time as the Senior VP & GM at Merkle, and as the COO at 500Friends.
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