Database Engineer

Angi® is transforming the home services industry, creating an environment for homeowners, service professionals and employees to feel right at “home.” For most home maintenance needs, our platform makes it easier than ever to find a qualified service professional for indoor and outdoor jobs, home renovations (or anything in between!). We are on a mission to become the home for everything home by helping small businesses thrive and providing solutions to financing and booking home jobs with just a few clicks.  

Over the last 25 years we have opened our doors to a network of over 200K service professionals and helped over 150 million homeowners love where they live. We believe home is the most important place on earth and are embarking on a journey to redefine how people care for their homes. Angi is an amazing place to build your dream career, join us—we cannot wait to welcome you home!

About the team

As a Database Engineer, you’ll join a highly skilled team of Site Reliability, Security, Data Administration, and Production Engineering disciplines using AWS services. Database Engineers are responsible for keeping data systems that support all end-user Angi services and other production systems running smoothly 24/7. Database Engineers apply a mix of data engineering, administration, and software development disciplines to automate a range of data management work including provisioning data stores, managing uptime, data integrity, data refresh, disaster recovery, self-healing and alerting, and data reporting. 

This position will report to the Senior Manager, Data Systems & Reliability, and has the opportunity to work remotely. We’re looking for someone to join us immediately.

What you’ll do

• Provide configuration and maintenance support for production and development environments in Oracle 19C, automating as much as possible (typical database maintenance operations) 
• Manage multiple projects and tasks including 24/7 on-call participation, prioritization, planning, change management, detailed runbooks, and documentation
• Assist application developers with query creation, optimization, tuning, and related function
• Identify performance trends and opportunities, and deploy proactive corrective measures to minimize downtime
• Work closely with the Database and Development teams to ensure data infrastructure standards are followed and architecture patterns are aligned with the requirements
• Leverage subject matter and technical expertise to provide leadership, mentoring, and strategic influence across the organization
• Lead in designing database architecture, reviewing design, building and troubleshooting data systems, as well as digging deep into the root of an issue and providing solutions
• Stay on top of industry and technology trends and share your knowledge and expertise 

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience; MS in Computer Science is preferred
• 4+ years of experience managing Oracle 19c development and production environments required 
• Strong technical knowledge of Oracle configuration and best practices
• Ability to commit to a 24/7 on-call rotation required
• 2+ years of experience working within a Cloud infrastructure environment, preferably AWS
• 2+ years experience with managing Postgres or MySQL databases (preferably in the cloud)
• Experience designing complex data ecosystems and leading other engineers through implementation
• Perform Server Maintenance, release activities and storage management
• Development experience in any language or shell command language for scripting
• Database Engineering/Administration or production infrastructure and operations background
• Migration of databases from one platform to another highly preferred
• Experience in Oracle Data Guard configuration, container and pluggable databases, MSSQL databases and NetApp CVO storage management highly preferred

We value diversity

We know that the best ideas come from teams where diverse points of view uncover new solutions to hard problems. We welcome and value individuals who bring diverse life experiences, educational backgrounds, cultures, and work experiences.

Compensation & Benefits

• The salary band for this position ranges $110,000 - $150,000, commensurate with experience and performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as cost of living. 
• This position will be eligible for a competitive year end performance bonus & equity package. 
• Full medical, dental, vision package to fit your needs 
• Flexible vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it 
• Pet discount