Senior Database Administrator - Core Infrastructure
Core
Scale and tune high-throughput MariaDB clusters to support global expansion and new product initiatives for Kraken's critical services.
Role type
Senior Database Administrator (Core Infrastructure)
Builds
Distributed MariaDB environments, automated workflows, and high-availability patterns for high-traffic systems.
Domain
Financial technology / Distributed databases
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
MariaDB/MySQL tuning and replication, high-availability patterns, database proxies (HAProxy, ProxySQL, MaxScale), CI/CD and GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), Linux and networking fundamentals, container orchestration (Kubernetes), observability and alerting, security access controls
Preferred skills
SRE methodologies (error budgets, operational reviews), Python or Rust scripting, GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), multi-region disaster-recovery designs
Technologies
MariaDB, MySQL, HAProxy, ProxySQL, MaxScale, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Rust, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
Responsibilities
Scale and tune high-throughput MariaDB clusters; strengthen high-availability and disaster-recovery approaches; reduce manual operational work via automation; improve observability and alert quality; enhance database security through access controls and patching; contribute to containerized environments and infrastructure-as-code workflows; partner with service teams on performance patterns and database hygiene; participate in on-call rotations.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC