Platform Engineer, Xata

£90-110k

+ Stock options

AWS

Kubernetes

Postgres

Terraform

Slack

Notion

Pulumi

Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK, US

More information about location

Serverless database service powered by postgreSQL with spreadsheet-like UX

Job no longer available

Serverless database service powered by postgreSQL with spreadsheet-like UX

21-100 employees

B2BData storageEnterpriseBig dataSaaSCloud Computing

Job no longer available

£90-110k

+ Stock options

AWS

Kubernetes

Postgres

Terraform

Slack

Notion

Pulumi

Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK, US

More information about location

21-100 employees

B2BData storageEnterpriseBig dataSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

Xata is a serverless database radically simplifying the way developers work with data.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience in a previous similar role
Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience on public cloud platforms, preferably AWS
Experience with Kubernetes, preferably using AWS EKS
Experience with infrastructure as code
Experience with observability tools and incident management

Desirable

Deep experience with operating database products at scale

What the job involves

Work closely with the other engineering teams to architect services that are highly scalable and observable
Set up infrastructure and configuration as code. We use Kubernetes, and Pulumi (using Go) and Terraform for infrastructure as code
Implement automation tools and frameworks for automatic code deployment (CI/CD)
Set up and maintain observability and monitoring stack, as well as our deployment pipelines
Be part of the on-call rotation. The on-call load is shared between the SRE and the backend team
Share your experience at conferences or blog posts if interested

Our take

Like many promising startups, Xata was born from its founder’s frustration. In this case, Monica was struggling to create a simple matching application. In response, she built Xata - a serverless database that makes it easy for serverless apps (like JAMstack websites) to query the data they need via APIs.

Crucially, Xata gives businesses continuous access to their data in a rich and flexible way, while remaining a database layer fit for frontend development through JAMstack platforms like Vercel and Netlify.

Following extensive beta testing and a Series A funding round in 2022, Xata has released to the public, offering free and paid tiers. Notably, and staying true to its founder's work on promoting underrepresented communities in the tech sector, it has appointed an all-women board of directors.

No-one has been able to deliver the scalability of traditional database SQL-based software with the UI of Airtable. Xata’s biggest challenge may simply be convincing developers to believe its technology can really do what it promises, though early signs are extremely encouraging.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$30m

SERIES A

Sep 2021

$5m

SEED

Total funding: $35m

Company benefits

REMOTE WORK 🏡💻. We are a 100% remote team distributed across Europe and the east-coast of the US.
FLEXIBILITY🧘‍♀️🤸🏽‍♀️ We work asynchronously. We don’t track hours. And we don’t count PRs. So you have the flexibility to work where and how you work best.
HOLIDAYS 🛫🏕 Everyone in the team gets 30 days of annual leave per calendar year, on top of their local bank holidays.
PARENTAL LEAVE🤰🏻🧑🏽‍🍼 2 months full paid parental leave. Take it how and when works best for you and your family.
STOCK OPTIONS 🚀📈 Every employee receives stock options so you can share in the success of Xata. As we grow, so too does your investment.
WORKSPACE BUDGET 🖥👩🏾‍💻 £2500 to spend on a laptop + £1000 for your home office. Can't work at home? No worries, we also offer a co-working space stipend.
XATA OFF-SITES 🌍🏝 Get together in-person with the rest of the team twice a year at our Xata off-sites. We've been to Greece, Spain and Italy to name a few.

Leadership

Monica Sarbu

(CEO)

Co-founded open-source infrastructure monitoring platform, Beats, which was acquired by Elastic for which they then became Director of Engineering for the Ingest division.

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