Senior MySQL DB Engineer, Astronomer

• Proven experience as a MySQL DBA / Developer, with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience
• Proficiency in both writing and debugging complex MySQL queries and identifying performance bottlenecks
• Strong knowledge of Database concepts
• Familiarity with database monitoring and troubleshooting tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Communication skills that allow you to know what to say and, more importantly, how to say it regardless of the medium (slack, email, pair programming sessions)
• Experience with using ORM in any programming language (Python is preferred)

Desirable

• You will work across our customer/client base to improve and support Apache Airflow implementations and Astronomer's best-in-class managed service. Our customers range from seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises
• In this role, you'll engage with our development teams to ensure successful Astronomer implementation of MySQL as a backend database
• You'll be a trusted advisor for MySQL related issues faced by our customers on Airflow deployments
• You'll have the opportunity to engage with the Apache Airflow project, a thriving open-source community with thousands of global contributors
• Engage with our engineering team in order to provide solutions for our enterprise customers leveraging Airflow with MySQL as the database backend
• Work with our development and CRE teams to provide solutions conforming to industry best practices using MySQL
• Be a subject matter expert across the organization for resolving customer issues involving MySQL
• Contribute to the Airflow Ecosystem and steward the open source community