The Opportunity

From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night, consider the media you consume, the adverts you see, the apps you use, the websites you browse, and almost all of the shopping you do online throughout the day. Chances are that each and every one of those interactions, each and every one of those experiences, was touched by an Adobe product.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Database Reliability Engineer to join our Developer Platforms team based in Bucharest.

We are looking for an engineer with hands-on experience in architecting, building and operating database systems that power critical Adobe customer-facing services. Candidates should be enthusiastic about using data to drive intelligent automation and improve service resilience at scale.

The Role:

• Build outstanding things that matter. You’ll work on a critical growth initiative, focused on database reliability and performance aspects.

• Grow. Sharpen your skills, use innovative technology, and collaborate with your peers.

• Collaborate. Work in an environment that values collaboration.

What you'll do:

• Ensure the highest level of uptime and Quality of Service (QoS) to Adobe’s customers through operational excellence

• Support and maintain globally distributed multi-cloud (public and/or private) database environments

• Identify areas to improve service resiliency through techniques such as chaos engineering, performance/load testing, anomaly detection, etc

• Automate common, repeatable tasks at a large scale to reduce toil

• Tackle performance and stability issues using a wide variety of tools

• Participate in an on-call rotation as required

• Determine the root cause for all production level incidents and write corresponding high-quality RCA reports

What you'll need to succeed:

• Relevant production experience in supporting environments running at least one of the following, or similar, modern open-source database management systems: MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, Percona XtraDB Cluster, MariaDB Galera Cluster, PostgreSQL

• Deep understanding of technical operations

• Experience in modern cloud-based, SaaS delivery technologies: AWS, Azure, Jenkins, Git, Atlassian Jira and Confluence, Linux, log analysis, monitoring, infrastructure automation and configuration management.

• DevOps skills (scrum/Kanban/agile/ci-cd/12-factor)

• Programming skills, particularly with Python, Java, Go and Ruby

• Understanding of high availability strategies including database replication, clustering, sharding

• Understanding of data modeling and data structure design

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills

Nice to haves:

• Hands-on experience with containerization orchestration engines (Kubernetes)

• Experience in software development or Internet-related industries, particularly in the context of a SaaS offering

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and Gen Studio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together:

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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