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Staff Database Reliability Engineer

3 hours ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Achievers Full time

Our Database Reliability Engineering team ensures the reliability, performance, and scalability of our database platforms at scale. You'll design and evolve replication and backup strategies, strengthen data integrity and recovery, and drive automation that enables safe, confident scaling with minimal operational toil. As a strategic technical partner, you'll influence database architecture, mentor engineers, and embed reliability into our platforms from the ground up. At Achievers, our MySQL and MongoDB clusters on GCP power our core platform, and we're continuously evolving them to support new features, higher reliability, and smarter automation.

Why you'll love this role:

  • Lead high-impact initiatives that shape how millions of people experience work around the world.
  • Bring your unique perspective to complex and challenging projects - apply your expertise in architecture, influence technical direction, and mentor fellow team members.
  • Join a close-knit, no-ego, high-performing team that solves meaningful problems and celebrates successes together.
  • Work alongside an experienced leadership team who is genuinely invested in your career growth.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where innovation is encouraged and your voice truly matters.

How you'll shape our data infrastructure:

  • Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for managing and scaling MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL database clusters, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and security across the Achievers platform.
  • Lead advanced performance tuning and optimization initiatives, proactively identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to enhance database efficiency for a global SaaS environment.
  • Partner with development teams to architect and optimize complex queries and database interactions, elevating application performance and reliability.
  • Design and implement robust automation frameworks for database administration, driving the evolution of best practices and tooling for continuous improvement.
  • Evaluate, define, and champion process improvements to increase reliability, scalability, and maintainability of database infrastructure.
  • Develop and maintain sophisticated scripts and tools to support seamless delivery of database updates, schema changes, and operational tasks.
  • Lead proactive initiatives to assess and implement enhancements for the database infrastructure, leveraging emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Architect cloud database solutions supporting microservices at enterprise scale, guiding infrastructure design and strategic decision-making for global deployments.

Experience we feel will set you up for success:

  • 5+ years experience in managing MySQL in a high traffic SaaS environment
  • Experience with recent MySQL versions 5.7, 8 etc.
  • Some experience with other database engines. (eg PostgresSQL, Clickhouse)
  • Some experience working in cloud services (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Strong understanding of MySQL replication technologies. (eg. Tungsten, Galera, Group Replication)
  • Strong experience in MySQL sharding and partitioning
  • 2+ years experience with scripting languages (eg. Bash, python, ruby)
  • 2+ years experience working with a LAMP stack
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong problem solving and debugging skills
  • Have knowledge in data warehousing and enterprise IT concepts
  • Advanced Python development skills is preferred
  • You're a self starter
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Chef, Puppet, and Terraform
  • Background in PHP development is ideal (that's our legacy)
  • High proficiency and comfort working in command-line environments

Why Achievers is a Great Place to Work

At Achievers, we believe recognition is a powerful driver of connection. With more than 4.3 million users across 190 countries, our employee recognition and rewards platform empowers organizations to build cultures where people feel seen and valued, everyday. We're a team of passionate, thoughtful builders who care deeply about our product, our customers, and each other. Visit to see how we're inspiring recognition everywhere.

Our Approach to Total Rewards

We're committed to providing a fair and competitive offer based on what you bring to the team. Each A-Players' compensation is reviewed at least annually against performance and impact in role. We want you to see your path to growth, understand your impact, and feel valued every step of the way.

Benefits and Perk s for permanent full-time employees:

Rewards for your impact through our Recognition and Rewards program

Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage beginning on your first day

Parental Leave Top-up

Employer matched RRSP contributions

Flexible Vacation to recharge, so you can bring your best

Employee and Family Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counselling

Supported professional development and career growth (Linkedin Learning, mentorship)

Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups that celebrate our diversity

Regular events designed to build connection, belonging, and well-being

Hybrid flexibility, with time in our beautiful Liberty Village, Toronto office

Achievers is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
Achievers is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools help our recruitment team but never replace decisions made by real people. We believe in a human-first approach to hiring, where your experience, personality, and potential are recognized by people, not algorithms, and where final hiring decisions are made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.