Are you ready to build and maintain an extensive database for a high-growth startup? Lumi is looking for a DBA who can manage the design and implementation of a highly structured database of information relating to every facet of our business.

Your primary goal will be to keep our database up and running smoothly 24/7, allowing for a seamless flow of information throughout the company. You will be responsible for the optimization of our data management, the preparation of data for queries and reports, the documentation and enforcement of policies, procedures, and standards, and the implementation of best-practices across the organization.

You’ll work closely with the development team to ensure correctness from the data storage layer all the way to the front-end, and also with the rest of the Lumi team to gather requirements for data storage and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain our database schema
• Apply best practices for optimization, backup and recovery, documentation and testing
• Minimize database downtime and manage parameters for quick queries
• Define a strategy for making data easily available for reporting and business intelligence
• Work to ensure data security, privacy, and integrity
• Monitor database performance and respond to performance regressions
• Investigate new technologies which can improve our database solutions

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a database administrator
• Proficiency with Postgres
• Experience with Haskell or a similar strongly-typed functional programming language, or the eagerness to learn
• Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security and integrity
• Experience managing databases on AWS
• Experience building data pipelines for business intelligence
• Some experience with Tableau Server and Salesforce is a plus