Database Administrator

Postgres, MySQL
UNITED STATES
October 24, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: impact.com
Location: United States
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $150,000 – $170,000 per year (+ 5% variable annual bonus and RSU grant)

About the Role

As a Database Administrator at impact.com, you will work with modern technologies that enable near-real-time processing of datasets in the terabytes-to-petabytes range. You will tackle the exciting challenges that come with massive amounts of data, experimenting with cutting-edge tooling to scale database architectures linearly across MySQL, PostgreSQL, and distributed data platforms.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Cluster Administration: Administer, configure, upgrade, and support multiple MySQL and PostgreSQL database clusters, including sharded MySQL environments.
  • High Availability & Proxying: Manage and maintain ProxySQL (2.x, 3.x), Orchestrator, and high-availability topologies.
  • Performance Tuning & Optimization: Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, conduct benchmarking, and optimize complex queries and schema designs.
  • Capacity Planning: Proactively manage database capacity, usage, and growth planning across massive datasets.
  • Backup & Recovery: Develop, maintain, and test robust backup and disaster recovery procedures utilizing tools like Percona XtraBackup.
  • Multi-Engine Support: Provide essential administration, partitioning, and monitoring for MySQL, Postgres, ClickHouse, and MongoDB.
  • Developer Collaboration: Partner with engineering teams during the application development life cycle on schema architecture, indexing strategies, and database procedures.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • Core DBA Experience: Minimum 3+ years of experience as a production Database Administrator.
  • MySQL Expertise: 4+ years of experience with MySQL / Percona Server (5.1 through 8.4), CloudSQL, AWS RDS MySQL, and Aurora.
  • PostgreSQL Experience: 2+ years of experience with PostgreSQL / AWS RDS Postgres.
  • Automation & Scripting: 3+ years of experience writing Linux shell scripts, Python, or Perl.
  • High Availability & Scale: Hands-on experience managing high-availability MySQL/Percona environments and working with large data volumes in the hundreds of terabytes to petabytes.
  • Storage Engines: Strong in-depth understanding of InnoDB architecture and performance tuning.
  • Proxy & Backup Tools: Hands-on experience with ProxySQL, Orchestrator, and Percona XtraBackup.
  • ClickHouse: 2+ years of experience with ClickHouse.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Experience working with Puppet or Terraform.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience working with SingleStore, MongoDB, and Percona XtraDB Cluster.
  • Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA.

Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage.
  • Equity: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) with a 3-year vesting schedule.
  • Retirement & Savings: 401(k) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
  • Flexible Time Off: Responsible PTO policy to support work-life balance.
  • Health & Wellness: Monthly gym reimbursement and up to 12 fully covered mental health coaching/therapy sessions per year.
  • Office Perks: Catered lunch every Thursday, healthy snack bar, and premium coffee in-office.
  • Remote / Tech Stipend: Technology stipend for home office setup plus a monthly internet allowance.
  • Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave (26 weeks for primary caregivers; 13 weeks for secondary caregivers).
  • Continuous Learning: Free Coursera subscription and access to PXA courses.

impact.com is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics.

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