Engineering Manager - Database Administrator

Mekari is Indonesia's no. 1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. Our mission is to empower businesses and professionals to progress effortlessly. Our products (Mekari Talenta, Mekari Jurnal, Mekari KlikPajak, & Mekari Qontak) have been used by tens of thousands of businesses in Indonesia.

To reach millions, we need more people like you: entrepreneurs, builders, owners inside the company who are eager to grow at scale. Join us to empower more businesses with technology.

Job Descriptions:

• Leading the DBA Team, overseeing activities of the junior and senior professionals, and monitoring.
• Own all plans and strategies for developing business and achieving the company’s goals.
• Coordinate responsibilities, priorities and capacity planning for their team.
• Manage MySQL, PostgreSQL and other non-relational database administrations through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Manage cloud-based database servers and processes, including regular maintenance and monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
• Support product development teams for database designs and implementations, including a review of system architecture, contributing to improving future architecture aiming for stability, cost-efficiency, and high levels of performance.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or related fields.
• Experience in leading DBA teams and projects.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with production of MySQL and PostgreSQL database operations.
• Expertise in performance tuning and optimization using native monitoring, troubleshooting, and database performance monitoring tools.
• Familiar with cloud technology (e.g. AWS-RDS /GCP-CloudSQL).
• Familiar with scripting languages (at least one of Shell or Python).
• Familiar with Linux OS and good system troubleshooting skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, in critical situations under pressure as well as in day-to-day operations.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities.