Sr. Database Administrator, Data Platform

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We're the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3 million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work
The Data Foundation team is part of Platform Engineering org in Wealthsimple. The team consists of talented software developers and database admins/developers and is divided into three sub-teams: Data Stores, Data Integrations, and Data Streaming
We're seeking an experienced Data Engineer/Database Administrator to join our Data Stores team. In this role, you'll be responsible for architecting, maintaining, and administrating our primary analytics data warehouses on Redshift & Snowflake. In addition, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure excellence of operation for our fleet of RDS Aurora Postgres DBs
These data stores collectively power critical financial operations and client data, and a successful candidate will work closely with our Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to optimize database performance, ensure data integrity, and implement scalable solutions as we continue to grow
A successful candidate is expected to have deep technical expertise in at least one of these Database technologies and the aptitude and inclination to learn the rest. In this role you'll have the opportunity to: Design, implement, and maintain database infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments Monitor database performance and implement optimizations to improve query efficiency Develop and maintain backup/recovery procedures and ensure data integrityImplement and manage database security measures, including access controls and encryption Create Python scripts for database automation, monitoring, and maintenance tasks Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize database schemas and queries Provide guidance on database best practices and participate in code reviews Plan and execute database upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for database architecture and procedures Participate in on-call rotation for database-related issues What you'll bring: 5 years of hands-on administration experience in production environments for at least one of: Redshift, Snowflake, PostgreSQL. Proficient in Python scripting for database automation and management tasks Strong understanding of database internals, optimization, and performance tuning Experience with high-availability deployments and disaster recovery strategies Knowledge of database security best practices and compliance requirements Experience with database monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting Solid understanding of indexing strategies, query optimization, and execution plans Familiarity with Terraform and GitHub Experience with infrastructure-as-code and database change management tools Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Strong communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders Bonus skills: Experience with cost optimization operations, especially within AWS Experience with financial technology systems and related compliance requirements Experience with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes Knowledge of additional databases beyond the ones listed above Contributions to open-source database projects or tools Familiarity with data observability and visualization tools (Preset, Datadog, etc.) Why Wealthsimple? Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
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Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future
DEI Statement At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status
Accessibility Statement Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs

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