Remote Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Data

Description:

• The Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Data position is a remote role based in the United States.
• The role involves building automation and tooling to manage Legion’s persistent storage, including RDS MySQL, Redis, Aurora, Snowflake, and S3.
• The engineer will be responsible for a core layer of Legion’s secure, highly-scalable, and cost-effective AWS/Kubernetes-based cloud platform.
• Key responsibilities include supporting public cloud platform databases, developing infrastructure automation using Terraform, Python, and Golang, and creating and managing production database alerts.
• The engineer will also investigate data layer issues, lead FinOps for data storage systems, and support the deployment of Legion’s WFM solution during and outside regular office hours.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent is required.
• Candidates must have 5-8 years of MySQL database administration or related operations and support experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working directly with AWS RDS MySQL services is required, with AWS Certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and security is necessary.
• Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience with programming languages such as Golang or Python.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable database schemas, configurations, and recovery models is required.
• Experience with Agile development processes, including scrums and retrospectives, is necessary.
• A deep understanding of MySQL systems performance and advanced knowledge of MySQL internals is required.
• Candidates should have 3+ years of experience working with private and public clouds and capacity management principles.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this position is between $150,000 and $200,000, plus stock equity.
• Employees enjoy a $0 monthly premium and flexible medical, dental, and vision plans effective on the first day of employment.
• A 401k plan is offered to all employees.
• The company provides discretionary paid time off and paid holidays.
• Parental leave is available for employees.
• Employees receive equity as part of their compensation.
• Monthly wellness reimbursement and lunch on Legion are included as benefits.