MySQL Database Engineer

Percona Support is a global elite team of engineers that loves solving complex database behavior for Inc 50 businesses. This mid‑level position is for candidates skilled in MySQL and InnoDB and looking to develop their expertise while working 100 % remote. What You Have Done Good hands‑on knowledge of both MySQL and InnoDB Be skilled with some of the MySQL ecosystem of tools and technologies Knowledgeable about performance tuning, query optimization, & index tuning Know‑how of backup solutions such as Xtrabackup, mydumper, etc, and also of Point‑in‑Time‑Recovery Some experience with High Availability solutions (replication, routers, proxies, etc) Exposure and practice with zero‑downtime procedures Good understanding of monitoring requirements Demonstrable experience of administering Linux‑based systems Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and, when necessary, capacity to think outside the box to resolve complex issues. Be self‑taught and enthused to grow your skill set with new technologies as the industry continues to evolve Availability to travel for the occasional team meeting, conference or customer visit Experience working with customers in English What Will Make You Stand Out Experience working in SLA‑bound operations OpenSource Community contributions (could be a blog) Good practice with working over screen‑sharing/phone Knowledge of any of the following technologies Galera / XtraDB Cluster / ProxySQL / Orchestrator Cloud Services such as AWS and RDS, Azure, GCP Percona Monitoring & Management (PMM) and other monitoring tools Configuration management solutions such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef Percona Toolkit suite MySQL DBA, Professional Certifications MongoDB PostgreSQL MyRocks Kubernetes / OpenShift / Docker Advanced Linux troubleshooting tools (gdb, perf, strace, bpftrace, tcpdump, etc) Location Remote, work from home position anywhere. 5‑day work week, including weekends. Participation with the on‑call team schedule. Travel to company events, conferences, or customer visits may be required occasionally. Why Percona? At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely by providing the best open‑source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open‑source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is proud to be a remote‑only and globally dispersed workforce – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries We offer a collaborative, highly‑engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard. Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all the equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work‑life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work‑from‑Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology. If you love the idea of working with a high‑growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the open‑source database space, let’s talk Connect with us and stay up to date on our latest news and developments by following us on LinkedIn and Twitter. We look forward to connecting with you Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function #J-18808-Ljbffr