Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Forter is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join its Data Stores team. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and delivering database solutions that are core to Forter's products. The ideal candidate will be a proactive and detail-oriented individual with a passion for database solutions.

As a member of the Data Stores team, the engineer will work alongside highly technical software engineers, shaping the way Forter stores vast amounts of data. They will be entrusted with designing, implementing, and delivering database solutions tailored to specific requirements. Their unique perspective and experience will contribute innovative ideas to the team, helping deliver long-term database solutions.

What this role involves:

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and efficient database solutions.
• Leading and mentoring engineers to ensure the seamless operation of database systems.
• Investigating and implementing performance and cost optimizations for database solutions.
• Creating or introducing tooling and processes to support the operational aspects required for maintaining large database solutions.
• Contributing to the continual improvement of database infrastructure.
• Staying updated with the latest trends and technologies for databases, and implementing new database offerings as needed.
• Participating in on-call rotations to ensure the availability and performance of database systems.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a data Infrastructure or backend-oriented software engineer.
• Proven experience in designing and maintaining large-scale database solutions.
• Strong knowledge of database principles, distributed systems, and database management.
• Experience with both Relational (e.g: MySQL, Postgres or MariaDB) and NoSQL databases (e.g: Aerospike, Cassandra, ScyllaDB, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch).
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure and database products.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting experience.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Experience with configuration management (Chef, Ansible, Terraform, or Cloud Formation).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.

What Forter offers:

• Competitive salary and bonus plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
• Generous PTO policy
• Half day Fridays, every Friday