Staff Database Engineer (Customer Success)
Core
Operate and manage large-scale production Amazon Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL clusters, ensuring high availability and reliability for a global e-commerce platform.
Role type
Staff Database Engineer (Customer Success)
Builds
High-availability database infrastructure supporting massive transaction volumes (10,000+ TPS) (via careerplan.io/jobs/22202-staff-database-engineer-customer-success-at-coupang)
Domain
Cloud-native database management (AWS Aurora)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Amazon Aurora MySQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Python scripting, query optimization, capacity planning, incident response, failover strategy design, Terraform, CloudFormation, Grafana, Prometheus, CI/CD, GitOps
Preferred skills
Blue/Green Deployment, database security, NoSQL/NewSQL databases, vacuuming, major version upgrades
Responsibilities
Perform database upgrades, patching, parameter tuning, and migrations with minimal downtime; monitor performance and resolve bottlenecks; develop Python automation scripts and internal tools; collaborate on database architecture and change management
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC
