Database Administrator - CockroachDB (6-10 yrs)

Job description :

Company Overview :

RS Software builds global, national, and enterprise payment platforms, with a presence across four continents.

With over 30 years of experience, RS Software delivers mission-critical payment solutions that blend innovation and entrepreneurship.

In 2021, platforms built by RS Software processed approximately 40% of the global digital payment volume.

Their vision is to deliver "Payments at the Speed of Thought," setting the gold standard for digital payments.

Role : Data Engineer CockroachDB.

Experience Level : 6 to 10 years.

Location : Toronto, Canada / Kolkata, India / Remote (India).

Role Overview : As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and improving highly resilient and performant central real-time payment infrastructure.

You will focus on CockroachDB, ensuring the database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering remains scalable and consistent, supporting RS Software's growing customer base and stringent performance requirements.

Key Responsibilities :

CockroachDB Architecture :

- Design, build, deploy, test, and administer the orchestration and service architecture for CockroachDB Cloud, the company's database-as-a-service platform.

Service Reliability :

- Build a reliable, high-quality service architecture that meets the rigorous demands of critical customers and payment systems.

Collaborative Development :

- Work closely with designers and engineers to develop and implement features that simplify database observability for end-users, improving performance and usability.

Scalability & Survivability :

- Ensure the DBaaS remains scalable, survivable, and reliable even as the platform experiences rapid growth and expansion.

Infrastructure Management :

- Manage and oversee infrastructure for cloud observability services, including running internal production systems for CockroachDB.

Required Skills & Competencies :

- Strong expertise in CockroachDB or similar distributed databases.

- Proven experience in designing and deploying cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.

- Experience with cloud infrastructure and observability tools.

- Proficiency in scripting and automation, ensuring reliability and scalability of services.

- A track record of building highly available, performant, and resilient systems, ideally in real-time payment environments.