Platform Database Administrator, Aurora/MySQL

LeanTaaS

Platform Database Administrator (DBA) managing high-scale Aurora/MySQL database environments for LeanTaaS. Focused on performance tuning, optimization strategies, and systemic reliability.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeRemote • Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSMySQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, serve as the architectural and operational anchor for high-scale database environments.
Bridge the gap between technical data layers and production feature engineering.
Take full ownership of database performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across core software suites.
Sustain consistent system performance and reliability across 400+ database schemas, managing comprehensive schema migrations and tracking client-specific data growth metrics.
Supervise AWS Aurora-specific environments, orchestrating cluster endpoint routing configurations, managing failover behaviors, executing parameter tuning, and troubleshooting data warehouse / read replica lags.
Apply deep knowledge of InnoDB core internals to manage lock behaviors, resolve complex lock contentions, adjust buffer pool parameters, and systematically reduce purge lags across write-heavy database clusters.
Diagnose and optimize heavy database pipelines utilizing INSERT...SELECT queries and computed-table patterns.
Analyze Aurora instance utilization models against pricing factors to right-size compute resources and minimize I/O waste stemming from unoptimized queries.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent years of related practical enterprise experience.
Extensive experience administering AWS relational database environments, with specific knowledge of AWS Aurora architectures (read replica scaling, cluster topologies, and parameters).
A proactive automation mindset with experience scripting solutions for schema drift detection, slow-query automated alerts, or automated indexing recommendations across massive multi-database topologies.
Deep professional mastery of MySQL/InnoDB core behaviors—specifically buffer pool configuration, transaction isolation levels, lock mechanics, and Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC).
Demonstrated expertise in system-level database performance profiling, query rewrites, and the engineering of advanced indexing strategies for large-scale applications.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of translating complex database concepts for software engineering teams and prioritizing work based on cross-product impact.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package that includes base salary, target bonus, and stock options
401(k) Match
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Generous Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
Monthly reimbursement for Skill Building
Monthly reimbursement for Wellness, Transportation, and/or Home Office
Education Reimbursement for select courses/programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

database performance tuningoptimization strategiesschema migrationsAWS AuroraInnoDBINSERT...SELECT queriesbuffer pool configurationtransaction isolation levelsMulti-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC)advanced indexing strategies

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillsproactive automation mindsetability to translate complex conceptsprioritization skills