Senior Database Engineer

DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP MORE THAN JUST A PRODUCT? Then Jobber might be the place for you! We’re looking for a Senior Database Engineer to be part of our Product Engineering team. At Jobber, we don’t just build a product – we work on real problems that help people in small businesses to become successful. We are inspired by our company values: be humble, be supportive and give a sh*t, which are not just said but are lived. We work in a collaborative environment where teams make decisions with autonomy and contribute directly to shaping the company’s future. We release early and often while dedicating time to addressing technical debt. We believe in getting instant feedback from our customers and leveraging that to make their lives easier. We help employees grow professionally; we have a ton of onboarding resources, tutorials, hackathons, and buddies to support learnings and provide opportunities to innovate. We have a range of experience levels on teams which allow for mentor/mentee opportunities. Leaders at Jobber work with empathy and support employees to build a healthy work-life harmony. Bring your dedication and passion to this job to fulfill your goals. The team: Our Product Engineering team is central to the success of Jobber - focused on creating software that delivers value to tens of thousands of users around the world.The McCloud team keeps Jobber running smoothly by building high-performance, highly available systems, and optimizing resource use. We manage critical infrastructure with minimal downtime and empower developers to deliver value to customers efficiently. Joining this team is an opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems that are core to Jobber’s success! At Jobber we never stop growing and learning, and you shouldn’t either. Through continuous 1:1’s, dedicated feedback and support from your manager and our Learning and Development team, and your own sense of curiosity, we hope you develop to another level with your skill set. The role: Reporting to a Manager, Software Engineering, the Senior Database Engineer will work, along with the infrastructure team and the rest of the engineering organization, to build and maintain an industry leading product that helps our customers and their small businesses be successful. We’re looking for someone who is ready to solve problems that millions of entrepreneurs are facing, using their experience to drive solutions and help ensure our infrastructure remains available and responsive to our customers. Your work will include ensuring the stability and scalability of our fleet of Aurora Postgres databases identifying and fixing issues such as cache optimization, query optimization, indexes, IOPS, etc. You will also ensure we have appropriate monitoring and alerting in place to understand how our databases are performing and be able to proactively address issues as well as reactively understand what triggered an issue. Additionally, the Senior Database Engineer will collaborate with the development teams on things like schema design and query optimization and refactoring (mostly through Rails ActiveRecord). Finally cost analysis and optimization of the database in the AWS cloud will be part of your duties. To be successful, you must have: - 5 to 10 years administering databases such as Postgres, Oracle or MySQL, preferably in a cloud environment. - An understanding of Postgres internals and query analysis tools like explain plan, as well as DB performance monitoring tools like RDS Performance (Database) Insights. - Experience with Disaster Recovery / High Availability architectures. - Familiar with some “glue” languages (eg. Bash, Python, Ruby) To be successful, you should have: - Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform - Familiarity with AWS technologies including: RDS Aurora, RDS Proxy and Database Migration Services or their non-AWS equivalents. - Understanding of caching technologies like Redis and Memcache It would be really great (but not a deal-breaker) if you had: - 2-3 years development experience - Experience with Rails ActiveRecord - Experience with Terraform - Experience with ElasticSearch - Experience with AWS Redshift Location: We believe great collaboration is intentional, and sometimes that means coming together in person to build, brainstorm, and connect. To support this, the role is open to candidates based in one of our hub cities: Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver, or Kitchener-Waterloo. Compensation: At Jobber, we believe that compensation should be transparent, fair, and supportive of your experience and growth. This role has a minimum annual salary of $125,800 CAD, a midpoint of $147,900 CAD, and a maximum salary of $170,100 CAD, designed to reflect the progression from learning the ropes to truly excelling. We design our compensation to reflect each new hire’s skills, experience, and the complexity of the role, ensuring a fair and competitive salary. Our range is intentionally broad to support growth and long-term impact, with fully established hires typically starting around the midpoint. The higher end of the range is reserved for those who have demonstrated deep expertise and lasting contributions, while offers below the midpoint reflect strong potential with room to develop. This approach ensures that compensation aligns with both an individual’s current capabilities and their opportunity for future growth. Base salary is just one part of a total compensation package that will include equity rewards, annual stipends for health and wellness, retirement savings matching, and an extended health package with fully paid premiums for body and mind. Your professional growth matters to us too! You’ll have access to a dedicated talent development program that includes career coaching and opportunities for career development. We believe in transparency and open conversations about compensation. If you have any questions about our approach, we’re happy to discuss them throughout the hiring process! What you can expect from Jobber: - A total compensation package that includes an extended health benefits package with fully paid premiums for both body and mind, matching in RRSP, TFSA or FHSA, and stock options. - A dedicated Talent Development team and access to coaching, learning, and leadership programs to help you grow your career, reach your goals, and unlock your full potential. - A unique opportunity to build, grow, and leave your impact on a $400-billion industry that has no dominant player...yet. - To work with a group of people who are humble, supportive, and give a sh*t about our customers. We believe that diverse teams perform better and that fostering an inclusive work environment is a key part of growing a successful team. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. A bit more about us: Job by job, we’re transforming the way service is delivered. Your lawn care provider, home cleaning service, plumber or painter could use Jobber to better connect with their customers, save time in the office, invoice faster, and get paid! We’re bringing tens of thousands of people together with technology to deliver billions of dollars a year in services to happy customers. Jobber exists to help make these small businesses successful, and when they’re successful we all win!