Database Reliability Engineer

Rover.com

Database Engineer responsible for PostgreSQL and MySQL environments at Rover in Barcelona. Ensuring stability, building automation tools and supporting cross-regional operations are key responsibilities.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeBarcelona • 🇪🇸 SpainMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoMySQLPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage core database operations, including user access, instance scaling, and performance tuning
Lead major and minor database upgrades**Design and test backup strategies to ensure we can restore data quickly with almost no downtime
Collaborate with developers on schema migrations and query tuning
Use Datadog/Cloudwatch to monitor system health and set up alerting
Manage compliance requirements**Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems
Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis and resolution
Develop database standards improve site stability and reduce the blast radius of incidents
Build and maintain self-service tools, such as our Automated Data Model Change approval tooling
Design Terraform for management of RDS infrastructure and deployment through Atlantis
Develop automation scripts using Python to assist in Django migration issues and model tuning

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have 3-5 years of **experience as a Database Administrator**
You have experience managing databases in a cloud native environment (preferably AWS RDS)
You have 4+ years of hands-on experience managing production environments with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL
You have a strong focus on scripting and automation and have proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (eg: Python)
You are proficient with infrastructure as code (eg: Terraform or CDK)
Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog/Cloudwatch or ELK stack
Bonus: Having the skill to use AI tools to assist with coding or monitoring is a great advantage
Bonus: Familiarity with database integration with an ORM, preferably Django

Benefits

Comp & perks

Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout
Pension plan
Private medical insurance
25 days PTO
Meal allowance and flexible compensation plan (transport and nursery)
Gym membership
€450 to cover the costs associated with the adoption of a pet
Annual €150 wellness reimbursement
Flexible work hours, sometimes you'll need to be in at certain times, but on the whole, we're pretty flexible when it comes to managing workload and time
Grab snacks, fresh fruit, in our kitchen to keep yourself going
Regular team activities, events, game nights, and more
Dog-friendly office

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Hard Skills & Tools

database managementperformance tuningschema migrationsquery tuningbackup strategiesautomation scriptinginfrastructure as codePostgreSQLMySQLDjango

Soft Skills

collaborationtroubleshootingroot cause analysisproblem solvingcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsattention to detailadaptabilitytime management