Database Engineer

Summary

Join Devsu as a Database Engineer to lead a complex database migration project from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0. This crucial role ensures the stability, performance, and data integrity of our client's systems during a core database infrastructure upgrade. You will leverage your deep understanding of MySQL internals and extensive experience in large-scale production environments. Strategic planning and execution of database transitions with minimal disruption are key. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a collaborative approach. This is a long-term contract position with opportunities for career growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with MySQL
• Proven experience leading at least one major MySQL version migration project
• Deep understanding of MySQL architecture, storage engines (InnoDB, MyISAM), indexing strategies, and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of replication, partitioning, and clustering
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Fluent in English (B2 minimum required)

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end migration of MySQL 5.7 databases to MySQL 8.0 across production, staging, and development environments
• Assess current schema design, stored procedures, triggers, and configurations for compatibility and optimization with MySQL 8.0
• Develop and execute comprehensive migration and rollback plans, including testing, validation, and cutover strategies
• Collaborate with DevOps, application developers, and QA teams to ensure application compatibility and performance post-migration
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance, replication, and connectivity issues before, during, and after migration
• Apply best practices in backup/restore, high availability, replication, and security during the migration process
• Create detailed technical documentation and operational runbooks for ongoing maintenance

Benefits

• A stable, long-term contract with opportunities for career growth
• Private health insurance
• A remote-friendly culture that promotes work-life balance
• Continuous training, mentorship, and learning programs to keep you at the forefront of the industry
• Free access to AI training resources and state-of-the-art AI tools to elevate your daily work
• A flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy as well as paid holiday days
• Challenging, world-class software projects for clients in the US and LatAm
• Collaboration with some of the most talented software engineers in Latin America and the US, in a diverse work environment