Senior Cloud Database Administrator

Why should you join dLocal?
dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate, we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the world’s fastest-growing, emerging markets. 
By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen, in a flexible, remote-first dynamic culture with travel, health and learning benefits, among others. Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000+ teammates from 30+ different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of people’s daily lives. We are builders, we never run from a challenge, we are customer-centric, and if this sounds like you, we know you will thrive in our team.



What’s the opportunity?As our Cloud DBA (Database Administrator), you will be responsible for our databases performance, integrity and security, planning and developing ways to improve them, and troubleshooting cases.

What will I be doing?

• Interact daily with software engineers and participate in the systems operation process;
• Maintain AWS RDS for MySQL and AWS AURORA MySQL instances with high workloads and zero downtime;
• Write functions and procedures in SQL Language;
• Troubleshoot slow queries and possible performance issues / bottlenecks;
• Migrate databases between platforms and versions;
• Apply fixes, manage user access rights and privileges;
• Ensure data integrity and availability;
• Support BI, DW, Report and DataLake Teams optimizing queries and helping to define better strategies for data replication;
• Planning split of huge and monolithic database instances to lower, performatic and optimized ones;
• Proposing improvements on the most common aspects related to maintenance, usage and monitoring;

What skills do I need?

• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing MySQL database environments;
• Exceptional knowledge of AWS RDS for MySQL and/or AWS AURORA MySQL;
• Exceptional knowledge on MySQL RDBMs Architecture (versions 5.6, 5.7 and 8);
• Database Instance configuration, performance and tuning;
• Database objects optimization (table indexes, table statistics, table partitioning procedures and function revision/code);
• Strong SQL abilities (Query Optimization and proper indexing);
• Experience working with HA solutions supporting high transaction workloads (Multi- Primary. Primary-Replica, Cluster, etc);
• Clear understanding of database metrics and available monitoring tools on: AWS Cloud: CloudWatch, Performance Insights and Common Metrics on AWS Console; MySQL: information_schema, performance_schema, error logs, audit logs, slow query logs and general logs, show engine innodb status;
• Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors as well;

Ideal to have
• Experience in NoSQL (DynamoDB and ElasticSearch);
• Experience in MySQL Community related tools like: Percona TooKit, ProxySQL, mydumper, mysqlpump, MySQL Shell, GH-OST (GitHub's Online Schema migration for MySQL)
• Experience in In-Memory databases;
• Experience in other AWS products like: Redshift; Open SearchDMS (Database Migration Service); CloudTrail; Kinesis; Backup; Cloud Shell; Service Catalog (SC);

What do we offer?
Besides the tailored benefits we have for each country, dLocal will help you thrive and go that extra mile by offering you:- Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!*- Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.- Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity.- Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.- Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription.- Language classes: we provide free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes.- Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!- dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!
*For people based in Montevideo (Uruguay) applying to non-IT roles, 55% monthly attendance to the office is required

What happens after you apply?Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
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