Senior Database Engineer, Talon.One
PostgreSQL
Marketing promotion software company
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Marketing promotion software company
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To streamline the process for brands to run and scale their incentive campaigns.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in database administration, ideally with PostgreSQL in a production environment
- Solid understanding of relational database internals, query planning, indexing, auto-vacuum and performance optimization
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL clustering, replication, partitioning, and backup strategies
- Familiarity with monitoring tools and techniques (e.g., pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
- Experience working in high-availability and high-traffic environments
- Understanding of database security best practices
- Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL; familiarity with procedural languages (e.g., PL/pgSQL) is a plus
- Comfortable working with containerized infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud)
- Familiarity with version-controlled schema migrations and IaC tools like Terraform is a plus
- Background in Backend Engineering is a plus, especially experience working closely with developers to design performant, scalable data models
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to communicate effectively with engineers and product stakeholders
- Team-first mindset; mentoring others and learning from peers comes naturally to you
What the job involves
- As we continue to scale, we’re looking for a (Senior) Database Engineer to join our engineering organization
- In this role, you’ll work closely with backend engineers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure that our database systems are fast, healthy, and future-proof
- Your work will directly impact our platform’s performance and scalability, and the experience of millions of users across the globe
- We prefer candidates who are based in Berlin or open to relocating
- Collaborate with engineers from various teams to ensure our PostgreSQL infrastructure supports the needs of our real-time, fast-scaling platform
- Monitor, maintain, and improve the performance, reliability, and security of our production databases
- Come up with strategies to fine-tune auto-vacuum at scale
- Design, optimize, and review database schemas, queries, and indexing strategies, striving for integrity and performance
- Proactively identify and address database bottlenecks or inefficiencies
- Work closely with Backend Engineers to help them arrive at optimal data modeling for performance-sensitive features
- Maintain and enhance observability and monitoring tools for our data layer
- Contribute to documentation, standards, and best practices around database management and data architecture
Our take
Paradoxical to its mission statement of creating developer-free promotion tools for companies, Talon.one was actually founded by several software developers. Boosted by a hard-hitting client list that includes Mercedes, Delivery Hero, and Adidas, Talon.one initiates and automates loyalty programs, discount campaigns and coupon offers for product-oriented businesses.
In 2022, Talon.one partnered with Big Commerce to offer promotion engine features to Jimmy Brings, an Australian alcohol delivery company. This collaboration with Big Commerce, alongside other companies involved in the project, highlights Talon.one's integration capabilities. It demonstrates the flexibility of Talon.one as it collaborated effectively with various software companies, showcasing its extensive potential in promotion tools.
Talon.one has a varied product service that includes coupon, referral, gift card, and loyalty software as well as product bundles and wallet solutions. It’s this variety that makes them such good partners on larger promotion strategies, as long as the quality remains rounded across all its products.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2018
$3.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $3.5m
Company HQ
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Christoph Gerber
(CEO)Currently Shareholder at adjust.com, AirHelp and Customer Alliance.
Sebastian Haas
(COO)Previously Founder of RapidApe, Marketing Consultant at Team Europe Ventures, and CMO at Surprise Internet GmbH.
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