• They expect it to be exceptionally reliable and fast, all the time
• Real-time messaging
• Operate and enhance our large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess
• Develop tools to enable self-service and self-managing capabilities of our database infrastructure so that other teams can operate full-stack while rapidly building new features for our customers
• Collaborate with engineering teams on their database storage needs, and advise them throughout the development lifecycle
• Write code to capture database performance, and create tools and dashboards to provide actionable insight into that data
• Participate in our on-call rotation and collaborate with our operations team to triage and resolve production issues
• Support FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate new features of your platform or adopt self-service features
• Operated at least one distributed system, at scale and in a team environment
• You’ve debugged its problems, and analyzed and optimized its performance

Are curious how things work; when they break you are eager and able to help fix them

• Have been working in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed system-owning teams with increasing responsibilities for 5+ years
• Write code that can be easily understood by others with an eye towards clarity and maintainability
• Some examples include: a relational database like MySQL/Postgres, or systems like Kafka, Cassandra, or ElasticSearch
• Deployed server software on Linux, and then operated it at scale
• Have experience operating cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
• Are familiar with deployment automation/configuration management tools like Chef, Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform
• Are a very strong communicator

You’re excited to explain complex technical concepts and share your knowledge with different audiences

Have professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java

• The average user spends over 10 hours connected and 2.5 hours active in Slack every single day
• For Colorado-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $156,800 to $215,600.Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits