About Cognite
Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year . In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
About The Opportunity
As a Principal Database Engineer , you will help with the continuous well-being of our portfolio of Postgres deployments – in both public and private clouds, through managed services and on self-managed Kubernetes clusters.
Even when using mature as-a-Service offerings and Kubernetes operators, there are many things that can and will go wrong. Herding clusters that need upgrading, upscaling, cost-trimming, and recovery etc., while continuously serving heavy workloads with tight SLOs requires solid reliability engineering, and working with service teams to inform requirements and educational needs.
A typical day as a Cogniter will contain the following tasks & responsibilities
- Help plan, deploy, upgrade, monitor, and troubleshoot our Postgres clusters.
- Work with service and application teams on designing, performance testing, tuning, and optimizing Postgres usage.
- Enable product teams to focus on using the databases well, and not on servicing them, through upskilling relevant database knowledge across the teams.
We believe most of these should match you and your experience
- 5+ years of experience with databases, 2+ years with Postgres.
- You can read query plans and explain how and why the query ends up executing that way to colleagues.
- You have extensive production experience, and some relevant war stories to share.
- A master degree in Computer Science or a similar amount of experience.
- Experience with large Cloud deployments on either AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Comfortable with Python or similar programming languages to make automations. You don't need strong programming skills, but should be able to make or change simple scripts, integrations and automations.
- You enjoy sharing knowledge, and can calibrate who needs to know what.
Why choose Cognite?
- Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world.
- We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainability for clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day.
- Cognite Earns 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award; Recognized as a Global Leader in Energy & Resources and Industrials & Manufacturing
- Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader !
- Built In 2024 Best Places to Work in Austin, TX and Houston, TX
A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter
- Competitive Compensation including base plus bonus.
- 401(k) with 4% employer matching.
- Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages with premiums fully covered for employees and all dependents.
- Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it.
- 18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years.
- Paid Parental Leave Program.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- Employee Referral Program.
- Company Paid Friday Lunch via DoorDash + Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices.
- Join a team of 70 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus.
- A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization.
- Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries.
- Paid mobile phone and WiFi.
If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.
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