Senior Database Reliability Engineer

<strong>About FareHarbor</strong> <br/>At FareHarbor, our mission is to make experiences better for everyone. Founded in 2013 in Hawaii and acquired by Booking Holdings in 2018, FareHarbor creates powerful tools that enable our clients (think boat rentals, museums, food tours, events and more!) to operate and grow.   With over 20,000 clients across 90+ countries—we’re the largest in our industry and shaping the future of travel, together.   Our team is an ‘Ohana of 700+ people around the world. We’re passionate about pioneering an industry, embracing challenges with open arms, and delivering value to the experiences industry.   <strong>FareHarbor Core Values:</strong> <ul> <li>Think Client First</li> <li>We Are One ‘Ohana</li> <li>Be Curious and Learn</li> <li>Own It.</li> <li>Act With Integrity</li> <li>Embrace the Challenge</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why FareHarbor?</strong></p> <p>Founding FareHarbor required unwavering passion. Turning a start-up into the world’s leading &amp; largest reservation software for tours, activities, &amp; attractions required relentless dedication and vision. To date, we’ve helped over 20,000 global businesses operate successfully and are proud to have played a role in enabling business owners to live their dreams.</p> <p>And since day one we’ve known that our real success lies in our people—the Ohana.</p> <p>With each new feature launched and new client onboarded, there is a team of incredible people behind the scenes who are full of dedication, passion, energy, and the will to succeed. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work—to believe in their abilities, to freely express their creativity, and to contribute with their own uniqueness by wearing their true colors. We take care of one another and always prioritize health and wellbeing. We give our people the space and trust to learn, to try, to succeed, to collaborate, to think outside of the box, to make mistakes, and even to fail. And then we come together to try again.</p> <p>From the minute you join, you have a voice. You find your space. You make an impact. We celebrate our victories, shout our successes, and are always eager to tackle new challenges. And we can’t wait to see all that’s to come.</p> <p><strong>Role Description:</strong></p> <p>FareHarbor is looking for a full time Database Reliability Engineer to join our infrastructure team in Amsterdam. We’re a quickly growing company with a robust product that tens of thousands of people rely on to run their businesses every day. With our rapid growth, we face interesting engineering challenges that are critical to keeping the tours and activities industry running.</p> <p><strong>What you will do: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage and improve the reliability of our database clusters</li> <li>Work on automations of database infrastructure</li> <li>Improve monitoring and alerting, and proactively identify database problems </li> <li>Work across the engineering team to share database best practices</li> <li>Own database backup and recovery process</li> <li>Work directly with onsite and distributed Infrastructure, Application Development, Product and QA teams to help reproduce and resolve customer issues</li> <li>Report directly to Head of Infrastructure</li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Skills and Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years of running PostgreSQL in production cloud environments</li> <li>Good knowledge of Cloud environments (ideally AWS)</li> <li>Have strong programming skills with at least one - Python, Ruby, Go, Scala, Java or other similar high-level programming languages </li> <li>Experience in automation of infrastructure provisioning, query optimization, and distributed systems</li> </ul> <p><strong>Other Preferred Skills and Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience with MariaDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, and other non-relational databases</li> <li>Experience with Kubernetes</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Global leave benefit  <ul> <li>22 weeks paid parental leave </li> <li>2 weeks paid grandparent leave </li> <li>Extended care and bereavement leave</li> <li>Life insurance policy</li> </ul> </li> <li>Pension Plan</li> <li>Central Amsterdam Location</li> <li>Discount CZ insurance</li> <li>Working in a multicultural environment - 45 different nationalities </li> <li>Commuting allowance for public transport &amp; subsidized lunch</li> <li>Wellness benefits (Headspace subscription &amp; wellness webinars) </li> <li>Hybrid friendly</li> <li>Work-from-home assistance</li> <li>Educational Opportunities <ul> <li>Individual skill development &amp; growth programming</li> </ul> </li> <li>Social hours &amp; events and team-building </li> <li>26 vacation days per year</li> </ul> <p><em>FareHarbor is committed to creating a diverse environment, and we are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veter