About this role
Job title: Database Support Engineer
What You Will Do
- Work with our customers across a wide range of topics, from basic administration of TimescaleDB to deep consultative conversations around design, optimization, and implementation
- Manage support cases from beginning to end.
- Develop and maintain close relationships with our customers to help them be successful.
- Be curious, always willing to learn, and always looking for ways to improve our products, processes, and culture.
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
- Relational DB experience at scale: administration, data modeling, query optimization
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL a strong plus!)
- Experience as a technical support professional with external customers.
- Strong aptitude to understand and learn new software products.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to express patience and empathy when troubleshooting complex technical concepts to a varied audience.
Other Things that Will Help
- Be familiar with TimescaleDB! You should download and test it out before you interview:
- Familiarity with broad cloud computing concepts and experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Experience with Relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data modeling tools.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, including best practices, Query Plan analysis, backup/restore, migrations, etc