Senior Software Engineer - Datastores

Join Udemy and help define the future of learning. As a Senior Software Engineer - Datastores, you will lead improvement projects for our datastores and platform teams, maintain infrastructure uptime, and ensure infrastructure continues scaling as we grow. You will also develop immutable infrastructure patterns, automate infrastructure provisioning, and ensure adherence to compliance and security requirements.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of professional experience working in a Software Engineering team with responsibilities in managing large production workloads.
• Proficiency with managing MySQL at scale (Horizontal Scaling, sharding, InnoDB optimizations, Query Optimization, HA/DR, Monitoring, Backups Strategy, Security, Automations).
• Strong understanding in running Production Workloads in Kubernetes
• Proficiency with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Git and how to work with Infrastructure as Code, and automated provisioning.
• Strong experience in Kafka cluster management, topic configuration, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Experience with MSK is also good.
• Experience with Message Queues (MQ/SQS) and Caching (Redis, Memcache) or similar products
• Experience in Python.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools, monitoring systems (Datadog or similar) for database infrastructure, and scaling strategies for handling increased data volumes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose complex database issues.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and a grasp of security best practices.
• Adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

Benefits

• Full access to Udemy courses
• Monthly UDay to invest in yourself
• Budget to spend on whatever helps you improve
• Employer-paid health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Flexible work hours and remote work options
• Paid time off and holidays

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