Senior Database Engineer (MySQL)

Get to know our Team:

The DBOps team in Grab is responsible for all online production databases. We identify database problems, provide solutions and also build automation platforms to automate repeatable operation work in the most efficient and optimized way. Our team is passionate about the details and work very closely with a wide range of stakeholders. Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make in SEA on a daily life basis.

Get to know the Role:

We are looking for talented and passionate Database Engineers to join our team. You will have opportunities to work on different database technologies with a large scale. It's very important that our team members take initiatives to identify problems, and have the right mindset and problem solving skills.

The day-to-day activities:

• You will be responsible for monitoring day to day MySQL, PostgreSQL and or other OLTP database systems in terms of operations and management

• Perform database capacity planning and maintenance, monitoring and performance tuning

• Diagnose any database issues and employ measures to prevent recurrence

• Work with engineering and operations team in building tooling to drive scalability, reliability and performance

• Research and develop new technologies and approaches for building highly available data persistence systems

• Advice and support product, engineering, support and operation teams

• Participate in on-call rotations

The must haves:

• Preferably a degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields

• Deep understanding and real passion for relational database theory and database fundamentals

• Deep understanding of MySQL storage engines (understanding of PostgreSQL internal engine would be an added plus)

• Proficiency with Linux system administration

• Extensive experience with installation, management, upgrades, backup and restore of large MySQL, PostgreSQL and or other OLTP database system installations

• Experience benchmarking, clustering and tuning the databases for performance, reliability, high availability and scalability

• Experience in automation development, shell, python or Golang

• Familiar with a key-value store or data structure database (such as Redis, ElasticSearch et al)

• Experience with AWS RDS / Elasticache / other AWS Database Services or experience with management of databases in AWS environment will a strong plus

• Strong CS fundamentals (with competencies in algorithms and data structures)

Get to know Grab:

Grab is more than just the leading ride-hailing and mobile payments platform in Southeast Asia. We use data and technology to improve everything from transportation to payments and financial services across a region of more than 620 million people. We work with governments, drivers, passengers, merchants, and the community, to solve critical problems in Southeast Asia.

Grab began as a taxi-hailing app in 2012, but we have since extended our product platform to include GrabCar, GrabShare, GrabBike, GrabHitch, GrabExpress, GrabFood, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabCycle. We recently launched our fintech platform – GrabFinancial, which consists of payments, lending and insurance. Our latest addition is GrabVentures, an in-house incubation platform. We are focused on pioneering new commuting and payment alternatives for drivers and passengers with an emphasis on convenience, safety, and reliability. Currently, we offer services in 8 countries. Our R&D offices are in Singapore, Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta and Vietnam. We aspire to unlock the true potential of Southeast Asia and look for like-minded individuals to join us on this ride.

If you share our vision of driving South East Asia forward, apply to join our team today.