The Senior Mongo DBA will manage and optimize MongoDB databases, ensuring performance, security, and availability, while also collaborating with teams to support data needs.
Floqast is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, optimize, and scale our data platforms based on MongoDB Atlas. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability of our critical data systems, supporting both operational and analytical workloads.
Visa sponsorship is not available at this time
This role is hybrid to our San Jose Office.
What You'll Do
- Database Management & Administration: Design, deploy, and maintain production and non-production environments for MongoDB Atlas. Ensure database availability, security, performance tuning, and disaster recovery. Monitor, manage, and optimize database resource utilization and storage costs.
- Performance Tuning & Optimization: Conduct query performance analysis and optimize slow-running queries across all platforms. Configure and fine-tune indexes, partitions, and data models for efficient performance.
- Security & Compliance: Implement robust database access controls, encryption, and auditing. Ensure compliance with data governance and industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2).
- Automation & Infrastructure: Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g., in Python, Shell, or Terraform) for database provisioning, backups, monitoring, and alerting. Work closely with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines for data changes.
- Collaboration & Support: Partner with data engineers, analysts, and developers to understand data requirements and provide best-practice recommendations.
- Provide on-call support for production incidents and lead root cause analysis.
- Documentation & Reporting: Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation of schemas, configurations, and operational procedures. Generate reports on database usage, growth trends, and performance KPIs.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or Data Engineer, with a strong focus on database operations and performance.
- At least 6+ years of hands-on experience specifically as a MongoDB DBA in a production environment, with a proven track record on large-scale, high-traffic systems.
- Demonstrated expertise in managing and optimizing MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters.
- 3+ years hands-on experience with MongoDB Atlas.
- Proficient in writing and optimizing complex queries (SQL, NoSQL).
- Extensive experience with schema design and data modeling.
- Familiarity with Snowflake and ClickHouse is a plus.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform), monitoring tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus), and version control (e.g., Git).
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Shell, or similar.
- Preferred Qualifications: Certification in MongoDB, Snowflake, or other database technologies.
- Experience with Kubernetes, cloud data orchestration tools.
- Exposure to real-time analytics, data lakes, and streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka).
- Experience with ERPs like NetSuites, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics is a plus.
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The base pay range for this position is $144,000 - $216,000. Compensation is not limited to base salary. FloQast values our Total Rewards, and offers a competitive and elaborate Benefits Package including, but not limited to, Medical, Dental, Vision, Family Forming benefits, Life & Disability Insurance, and Unlimited Vacation. FloQast reserves the right to amend, change, alter, and revise pay ranges and benefits offerings at any time. All applicants acknowledge that by applying to this position you understand that this specific pay range is contingent upon meeting the qualifications and requirements of the role, and for the successful completion of the interview selection and process. It is at the Company's discretion to determine what pay is provided to a candidate within the range associated with the role.
About FloQast:
FloQast is the leading Accounting Transformation Platform in accounting workflow automation created by actual former accountants for accountants. By streamlining and modernizing daily accounting tasks, FloQast helps teams collaborate more effectively and complete their work with greater efficiency and precision. This cloud-based, AI-powered software is trusted by over 3,000 accounting teams, including those at Snowflake, Twilio, Instacart, and The Golden State Warriors—and continues to grow. Our mission is to continuously elevate the accounting profession, enhancing both its practice and perception.
Our values act as a guiding compass, shaping every decision we make, and are non-negotiable, particularly in our hiring process. Alongside our employees, partners, and customers, we embody these values every day:
Unwaveringly Authentic
Ambitious with Integrity
Empowered to Grow
Committed to Collaboration
Customer Obsessed in All Ways
Here’s Why You Should Apply
- What is engineering working on? Our FQ Engineering Blog showcases a number of our recent efforts straight from the engineers working on them. Check it out!
FloQast is regularly rated as a Best Place to Work!
- Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021
- Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal since 2017 (that’s 8 years!)
- Built In’s Best Place to Work in Los Angeles 6 years in a row!
Because we are Customer Obsessed in All Ways, check out what our customers have to say about FloQast on G2 Crowd.
If this aligns closely with what you are looking for, hit “Apply” and come join our growing team!
FloQast, Inc is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education, and experience. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a professional and welcoming workplace for all employees.
Top Skills
Clickhouse
Git
Kafka
Kubernetes
Mongodb Atlas
NoSQL
Opentelemetry
Prometheus
Python
Shell
Snowflake
SQL
Terraform
FloQast Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Our Los Angeles, CA headquarters are in a friendly area with restaurants within walking distance and gorgeous neighborhoods to walk through if you need a break. We also have offices in Columbus, OH and London, UK.
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