Forter Senior Infrastructure Engineer Data Store 

United Kingdom, England, London 

777592498

About the role:

As a member of the data stores team, you will work alongside highly technical software engineers shaping the way Forter stores vast amounts of data. You will be entrusted with the designing, implementation, and delivery of database solutions that are the right fit for the requirements. Your unique perspective and experience will bring innovative ideas to the team and help us deliver long-term database solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and efficient database solutions.

• Lead and mentor engineers to ensure the seamless operation of our database systems.

• Investigate and implement performance and cost optimizations for our database solutions.

• Create or introduce tooling and processes to support the operational aspects required for maintaining large database solutions.

• Contribute to the continual improvement of our database infrastructure.

• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies for databases, and implement new database offerings as needed.

• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the availability and performance of our database systems.

What you'll need:

• Proven experience in designing and maintaining large-scale database solutions.
• Strong knowledge of database principles, distributed systems, and database management.
• Experience with both Relational and NoSQL databases, managing Terabytes of Data.
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres, or MariaDB.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g: Aerospike, Cassandra, ScyllaDB, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch)
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure and database products.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting experience.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Experience with configuration management (Chef, ansible, terraform, or cloud formation)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.

It would be cool if you have:

• Experience with OLAP databases (e.g: Druid, Pinot, Clickhouse)
• Experience with Kubernetes

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and bonus plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
• Generous PTO policy
• Half-day Fridays, every Friday
• Home office stipend

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:

• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
• in NYC (2022)
• #3 on of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, )
• SAP Pinnacle Awards “ ” (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)