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Database Administration (DBA) Team Lead

TradingView

TradingView

Málaga, Spain
Posted on Sep 24, 2024
Engineering · Málaga

Database Administration (DBA) Team Lead

We’re TradingView, the world’s number one platform for charting the financial markets. We’re backed by top American venture capital firms, with 60 million users per month!

About us!

Our open source charts and commercial libraries are used by tens of thousands of financial sites across the planet, including whales 🐋 like: CME, Refinitiv, Investopedia, Crunchbase, Binance, Bitcoin.com and many many others. We’re also one of the world’s biggest websites (#61 to be exact, according to Alexa Rankings), visited by 100s of millions of people every year. So if you’re interested in finance, chances are you’ll have already seen us around the place.

Our mission is to help millions of people succeed in life, whatever that means for them, by providing the highest quality information in the smartest way so they can make the best-informed decisions possible. To do this, we’re looking for individuals to join a team where product quality means everything, where you’ll be given the opportunity to develop your best work, and where the fruits of your labor will be seen by millions of people each and every day.

Join our Spanish team

We’ve got people all over the world, but our new Spanish office is the heart of our tech operations. So, if you’re looking for a start-up, get stuck-in vibe, but with all the resources and firepower of a major scale-up, then look no further, this is the place for you! Join us here and help shape the future of our tech operations! There’s never been a better time to join the Spain team as we continue to grow, offering extensive opportunities for professional development.

Our tech stack - Work with cutting-edge technologies

We are using the latest technologies, ensuring our team works on innovative and challenging projects: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript with NodeJS, Python and Golang on the backend.

Your mission:

We are looking for an experienced Database Administration (DBA) Team Lead to lead a talented team of DBAs and ensure the optimal performance, security, and scalability of our database systems. This role will involve close collaboration with development and DevOps teams to plan and execute database strategies that support our high-load, high-availability infrastructure. You will take ownership of database operations, performance tuning, incident management, and the development of fault-tolerant solutions.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and manage the DBA team, overseeing work planning, resource allocation, and team performance.

- Collaborate with development teams and business departments to understand database requirements and ensure their successful implementation.

- Administer, optimise, and maintain PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, MySQL and ClickHouse databases.

- Ensure the security and high availability of all databases, implementing backup, replication, and failover strategies.

- Manage and resolve database-related incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recovery.

- Conduct regular performance tuning and optimisation efforts to identify and address bottlenecks in database operations.

- Design, develop, and automate fault-tolerant, high-load database solutions based on PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.

- Provide technical support to development teams, assisting with database-related issues, queries, and optimisations.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 5+ years of experience in database administration, including 2+ years managing a team of DBAs.

- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis, with a deep understanding of their administration and optimisation.

- Strong knowledge of database configuration best practices, including replication, sharding, and clustering.

- Experience in analysing database logs, monitoring performance metrics, and diagnosing locks, slow queries, and performance bottlenecks.

- Proficient in SQL, with experience in automating routine database operations.

- Proven ability to implement robust backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions for databases.

- Fluency in Russian is required for effective communication within the team and across the company.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation concepts, including experience working with Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Zabbix and Prometheus for database health and performance tracking.
- Experience with Change Data Capturing (CDC) techniques.

- Good understanding of other distributed and NoSQL databases.

- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor team members and promote collaboration.

- Experience working in high-load, large-scale environments requiring fault tolerance and high availability.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a critical team and have a direct impact on the scalability and performance of our database infrastructure. If you have a passion for database technologies, leadership experience, and proficiency in Russian, we’d love to hear from you!


It’ll also be an advantage if you have experience in:

Finance experience or knowledge of Trading

Knowledge of TradingView 😁

Additional information

This is an onsite role based in our Málaga office, located in the heart of the city at the prestigious Muelle Uno port (center), offering you the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture. Our flexible working hours allow for a great work-life balance, and we provide comprehensive relocation packages for you and your family to ensure a smooth transition and comfortable settling-in process. Additionally, we offer private health insurance as part of our benefits package, and much more. You can also enjoy all of our workplace perks (gym,snacks etc..)!

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 500 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 20 languages, with 5 global offices where we foster inclusive and collaborative work environments.


Department
Engineering
Locations
Málaga

About TradingView

We’re TradingView, the largest social network and charting platform for traders and investors – used by 50 million users each month in over 180 different countries.

Founded in 2011
Co-workers 350
Engineering · Málaga

Database Administration (DBA) Team Lead

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