Database Reliability Engineer, Rover
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2 days a week in office (Poblenou, Barcelona)
Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
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Network of pet sitters and dog walkers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Poblenou, Barcelona)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To allow more people to experience the unconditional love of a pet.
Role
Who you are
- You have 3-5 years of experience as a Database Administrator
- You have experience managing databases in a cloud native environment (preferably AWS RDS)
- You have 4+ years of hands-on experience managing production environments with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL
- You have a strong focus on scripting and automation and have proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (eg: Python)
- You are proficient with infrastructure as code (eg: Terraform or CDK)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog/Cloudwatch or ELK stack
- Bonus: Having the skill to use AI tools to assist with coding or monitoring is a great advantage
- Bonus: Familiarity with database integration with an ORM, preferably Django
What the job involves
- The SRE and Support team is responsible for the Rover platform’s overall performance, scalability, and reliability. We use observability tools, investigative skills, and data to help our engineering teams deliver a stable, reliable, and robust experience for our owners and sitters
- We are part of the Platform Engineering division. As such, we work broadly across the company, serving many partners and requiring exceptional partner communication and relationship building
- We are looking for a Database Engineer or a Database Reliability Engineer to join our team in Barcelona. You will be responsible for ensuring the stability and performance of our PostgreSQL and MySQL environments while building self-service automation tools
- You will work closely with our lead Database engineer to manage Rover's tables and end-to-end data flows. You will partner with developers across Rover to review migrations and analyze and optimize database performance
- You will work within the SRE team to build your experience in Python and Django for automation and model tuning
- Manage core database operations, including user access, instance scaling, and performance tuning
- Lead major and minor database upgrades
- Design and test backup strategies to ensure we can restore data quickly with almost no downtime
- Collaborate with developers on schema migrations and query tuning
- Use Datadog/Cloudwatch to monitor system health and set up alerting
- Manage compliance requirements
- Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis and resolution
- Develop database standards improve site stability and reduce the blast radius of incidents
- Build and maintain self-service tools, such as our Automated Data Model Change approval tooling
- Design Terraform for management of RDS infrastructure and deployment through Atlantis
- Develop automation scripts using Python to assist in Django migration issues and model tuning
Our take
Rover.com connects pet parents with the nation’s largest network of loving and trustworthy pet sitters and dog walkers. Through Rover, pet parents can discover, book, and manage personalized care for their dogs, including pet sitting, dog walking, in-home dog boarding, and doggy day care.
Rover has fundamentally changed the U.S pet services industry, a market which is worth $10+ billion, by improving the way pet owners find and book pet care. Rover’s app is now the most downloaded and best-reviewed dog walking and pet sitting app in North America.
Although things slowed down for the company during the pandemic, the successful bounce-back has led it to an IPO and significant growth, notably in European markets. Pet spending is on the rise too, and Rover seems well positioned to ride that wave - an outlook reinforced by its $2.3 billion acquisition by Blackstone, which shows both the platform's resilience and the long-term attractiveness of its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$125m
LATE VC
Jul 2017
$65m
SERIES F
Total funding: $280.9m
Company benefits
- Treats: Enjoy stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs). We offer free lunches twice a month and have regular team activities, including happy hours, and more.
- Hybrid Working: We believe that the best work is done in a flexible environment.
- Compensation and Benefits: We offer competitive compensation, health benefits and a pension plan with company match. We also offer generous perks like meal vouchers and wellness reimbursement.
- Time Off: Family and life events will always trump business. We offer 25 days of PTO.
- Dogs and Cats: We'll provide help to adopt or foster a pet and help cover your pet's staycation with a sitter on Rover.
Company values
- Commitment to our community
- No office politics
- Intentional balance of pace and precision
- Focus on Impact
- Discipline in the way we debate
- Devotion to each other as people
- Relentless pursuit of inspiring outcomes
Company HQ
Seattle
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Leadership
Brent Turner
(Chief Executive Officer)Megan Teepe
(Chief Growth Officer)Eddie Torpoco
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