Position: Senior Database Engineer (Estonia)
Company: Pipedrive
Category: SQL
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent

**What we're looking for:**

An experienced Database Engineer to join our ongoing quest to create the most epic, innovative sales management solution around.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of clusters of MySQL instances. You will also be responsible for orchestrating upgrades and provisioning of database instances. You will work closely with our high-paced agile development as well as customer support teams, preparing documentations and specifications as required. You also will be expected to maintain your knowledge and experience level with the ever evolving IT landscape.

**Who you are:**

You are our ideal candidate if you want to work on challenging problems with smart people. You have a keen attention to detail and are exceptionally good at identifying inconsistencies and flaws. You can juggle several balls and not lose track of the little things. You’re looking for a role with substantial opportunities to learn, grow, and take on more (the good news is, we have that stuff in spades!).

**We prefer someone with:**

Solid technical background in a hosted services environment including infrastructure networks, hardware, software and telecommunications
Strong proficiency in database management
Decent experience with recent versions of MySQL
Understanding of MySQL’s underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and MyISAM
Experience with replication configuration in MySQL
Knowledge of de-facto standards and best practices in MySQL
Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements
Ability to plan resource requirements from high level specifications
Familiarity with other SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CouchDB
Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases
Experience of DevOps culture and continuous deployment environment
Automation experience using with Shell scripting, Python and/or Ruby
Experience with automated monitoring tools
Experience with OpenStack/Amazon AWS is a plus
Ability to maintain good working relationships with third party service providers
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Fluent in spoken and written English
Excitement and passion for start-ups. We’re cool; we hope you are too.

**What we offer:**

The possibility to work with professionals across many areas of expertise on a product loved by 90,000+ companies worldwide
Lots of room for career development
Freedom to execute your ideas with a passionate and motivated team supporting you
A position in our Tallinn office