Senior MySQL Infrastructure Architect

Senior MySQL Infrastructure Architect

About the Role

This is not a “whiteboard-only” architect role. We are looking for a senior MySQL infrastructure professional who has grown into architecture. The ideal candidate comes from one of these backgrounds:

• Senior / Lead / Principal MySQL DBA – you know MySQL inside out and have led complex, high-stakes production environments.
• Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) / Data Platform Engineer – you’ve built and operated resilient, observable data platforms at scale.
• Infrastructure / Platform Architect with data specialization – you’ve architected hybrid cloud + on-prem systems with a deep focus on data layers.

If you are a hands-on engineer who now thinks in terms of systems, strategy, and compliance – while still being able to dig into query plans and replication lag – this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the data platform roadmap, balancing on-prem legacy with cloud-native AWS solutions.

• Design HA/DR architectures (replication, failover, cross-region redundancy).

• Lead major migrations, upgrades, and platform consolidations.

• Implement backup/restore strategies and define SLOs/SLIs as a DBRE.

• Enforce least-privilege access, PII protection, and SOC 2 controls.

• Automate provisioning (Terraform/CloudFormation) and database change management (CI/CD).

• Mentor teams and translate business/compliance needs into scalable data solutions.

• Required Qualifications

Experience

• 7+ years in data engineering, DBA, or infrastructure roles.
• 2+ years in a lead or architect capacity.
• Deep, hands-on MySQL expertise is mandatory (Performance Schema, InnoDB internals, replication management).
• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or NoSQL is a plus.
• Hybrid cloud + on-prem Linux environments.
• SOC environment experience.

Technical Skills:

• SQL, Python, Bash/PowerShell.
• AWS: RDS, Aurora, S3, EC2, VPC, IAM, DMS, Glue.
• IaC: Terraform or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD for database changes with audit trails.
• Data Warehousing: Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery.
• Modeling: ER/Studio, dbdiagram, Lucid.
• Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication – able to present to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strategic, cost-aware mindset.

• Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s in CS, IS, or equivalent experience.

• Preferred: AWS Certified Database – Specialty or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

• Why would you want to join?

• Scale. You will become part of a thrilling and collaborative environment where you will be able to share your ideas and gain insightful feedback.

• Team level. You will be surrounded by other highly performing team members and will have the chance to grow and scale with us.

• Comfort. We believe that only in a comfortable and safe environment you will be able to perform at your best. That’s why we have a flexible schedule and avoid overtime work.