Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data - Remote

Overview

The Discogs Platform team is focused on several objectives: building and supporting performant, cost-effective, reliable infrastructure; developer experience tooling and mentorship; and creating "golden paths" for organization-wide standards and velocity. As a key member of the Platform team, the Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Data will be working closely with other Discogs engineering squads to develop and optimize scalable, well-planned relational database architectures, drive best practices and stability for our use of Kafka and change data capture, and contribute to the Platform team’s operations.

In Short

• Stewarding Discogs’ data stores as a key subject matter expert
• Leading efforts on the reliability and design patterns of our Kafka and Kafka Connect implementations
• Establishing data contracts and clear communication standards between CDC producers and consumers
• Working closely with engineering squads to refactor and re-architect MySQL database schema and indexing for long-term scalability, performance, and cost effectiveness
• Mentoring engineering squads on Platform best practices for MySQL, Kafka, and other software development lifecycle areas
• Writing documentation and runbooks that contribute to the engineering organization’s knowledge base
• Working in a containerized, orchestrated environment
• Contributing to the Platform team’s disciplines of site reliability and operations, supporting both our squads and Platform’s central infrastructure
• Participating in on-call rotation, responding to incidents, and troubleshooting data and other operations issues

Requirements

• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering principles
• Strong knowledge of Kafka and its ecosystem
• Proficiency in MySQL and database design
• Experience in containerization and orchestration tools
• Strong communication skills for collaboration with engineering teams
• Ability to write clear documentation and runbooks
• Experience in incident response and troubleshooting

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Remote work flexibility
• Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
• Supportive team culture focused on collaboration
• Access to resources for personal growth and learning