Database SRE

5+ years of experience working in database management and infrastructure engineering
Proven expertise in designing and implementing production database infrastructure, from security and replication to observability (monitoring, alerting, logging)
Solid familiarity with state-of-the-art DB technologies and tradeoffs (distributed DBs, time-series DBs, relaxed consistency models, columnar storage)
Experience with dynamic clustering solutions such as Patroni
Strong knowledge and experience with Linux (especially Debian)
Extensive experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
Solid programming with the ability to write Python with an understanding of data structures and the principles of software design
Performance troubleshooting, and networking knowledge

Design, build, and maintain HRT’s SQL and NoSQL database infrastructure, supporting a globally distributed trading infrastructure and extending to large-scale research
Configure and scale PostgreSQL and MySQL servers for trade-critical, real-time workflows
Investigate and improve performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL queries and supporting infrastructure (Debian Linux)
Transform the metrics and alerting landscape with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana
Architect and deploy Redis based key/value stores for current and future use-cases
Engineer and apply infrastructure-as-code tools and services (Salt, Terraform, and others)
Build and test proof of concept datastores to fit consumer use cases