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From: Ben Chobot <bench@silentmedia.com>
Subject: Looking to hire a full time DBA
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:10:47 -0700
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Hello list,

My company, Instructure, is looking to hire a full-time DBA on our DBA 
team. Over the last decade, our Canvas product has grown from nothing to 
being the standard LMS solution around the world, helping millions of 
people with online learning every day. But we're still growing, and 
that's where you come in. We're looking for an engineer who loves to 
keep data safe and available, knows how to future-proof a database 
system without being wasteful, appreciates the need of keeping processes 
sustainable, and loves consulting with fellow employees to maximize 
their success.

We need somebody who can:
   • Explain why databases are one of the most difficult layers of the 
stack to work with, and how to overcome their special challenges.
   • Comfortably work in a SQL prompt on production systems.
   • Own projects and drive them to completion
• Have the customer focus to seek out what needs doing, then collaborate 
to get it done
   • Have the knowledge to know how to respond to database problems at 3am
   • Be able to automate stuff so that there aren't database problems at 3am
   • Be a point of contact for questions, both from technical engineers 
and less technical members of the company
   • Be on top of problems before they become problems
• Be part of an on-call team

The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge with:
   • Linux
   • Amazon Web Services
• PostgreSQL, or some other ACID-compliant SQL database
   • pgBouncer, or some other form of database pooling
   • Ansible, or some other form of config management
   • Datadog, or some other form of resource monitoring and alerting
   • Automation
   • Fleets of thousands of servers
   • Ruby, bash, git, Python, Go, etc.
   • Performance turning
   • Learning The New Shiny, with no need to remake what isn't broken

Some of what we offer:
   • Competitive pay to work on technologies you love with the tools of 
your choice.
   • Your efforts go towards helping millions of people learn, every 
day, all around the world, not invading privacy or selling widgets 
nobody needs.
   • A relaxed work environment. We care about our employee well-being, 
not grinding out maximum performance.
   • An open, collaborative work environment. If you see something you 
disagree with, rock that boat. Challenging ourselves makes us stronger.
   • 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
   • Fitness club memberships

The salary range for this job is US$140,000 - US$190,000 a year.

Instructure engineering is a remote-first organization, so as long as 
you have a healthy overlap in working hours with US timezones, the world 
is your oyster. But we do have our headquarters in Salt Lake City in 
case you pine for the days of well-stocked break rooms and collaborative 
open floor plans. If not, well, we also provide a stipend to help you 
set up the perfect home office.

We are not looking to sponsor US work visas, and strong English skills 
are a hard requirement.

If this sounds interesting to you, please apply from our official 
posting: 
https://jobs.lever.co/instructure/d442e1b5-ab8e-494d-873c-eca90a532f02. 
As the lead for this team, I am also happy to answer any questions you 
might have.

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<div style="font-family: Hoefler Text;">Hello list,<br><br>My company, 
Instructure, is looking to hire a full-time DBA on our DBA team. Over 
the last decade, our Canvas product has grown from nothing to being the 
standard LMS solution around the world, helping millions of people with 
online learning every day. But we're still growing, and that's where you
 come in. We're looking for an engineer who loves to keep data safe and 
available, knows how to future-proof a database system without being 
wasteful, appreciates the need of keeping processes sustainable, and 
loves consulting with fellow employees to maximize their success.<br><br>We
 need somebody who can: <br>  • Explain why databases are one of the 
most difficult layers of the stack to work with, and how to overcome 
their special challenges.<br>  • Comfortably work in a SQL prompt on 
production systems.<br>  • Own projects and drive them to completion<br> 
 • Have the customer focus to seek out what needs doing, then 
collaborate to get it done<br>  • Have the knowledge to know how to 
respond to database problems at 3am<br>  • Be able to automate stuff so 
that there aren't database problems at 3am<br>  • Be a point of contact 
for questions, both from technical engineers and less technical members 
of the company<br>  • Be on top of problems before they become problems<br> 
 • Be part of an on-call team<br><br>The ideal candidate will have a 
strong working knowledge with:<br>  • Linux<br>  • Amazon Web Services<br> 
 • PostgreSQL, or some other ACID-compliant SQL database<br>  • 
pgBouncer, or some other form of database pooling<br>  • Ansible, or 
some other form of config management<br>  • Datadog, or some other form 
of resource monitoring and alerting<br>  • Automation<br>  • Fleets of 
thousands of servers<br>  • Ruby, bash, git, Python, Go, etc.<br>  • 
Performance turning<br>  • Learning The New Shiny, with no need to 
remake what isn't broken<br><br>Some of what we offer:<br>  • 
Competitive pay to work on technologies you love with the tools of your 
choice.<br>  • Your efforts go towards helping millions of people learn,
 every day, all around the world, not invading privacy or selling 
widgets nobody needs.<br>  • A relaxed work environment. We care about 
our employee well-being, not grinding out maximum performance.<br>  • An
 open, collaborative work environment. If you see something you disagree
 with, rock that boat. Challenging ourselves makes us stronger.<br>  • 
11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules<br>  • Fitness club 
memberships<br><br>The salary range for this job is US$140,000 - 
US$190,000 a year.<br><br>Instructure engineering is a remote-first 
organization, so as long as you have a healthy overlap in working hours 
with US timezones, the world is your oyster. But we do have our 
headquarters in Salt Lake City in case you pine for the days of 
well-stocked break rooms and collaborative open floor plans. If not, 
well, we also provide a stipend to help you set up the perfect home 
office.<br><br>We are not looking to sponsor US work visas, and strong 
English skills are a hard requirement.<br><br>If this sounds interesting
 to you, please apply from our official posting: 
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jobs.lever.co/instructure/d442e1b5-ab8e-494d-873c-eca90a532f02">https://jobs.lever.co/instructure/d442e1b5-ab8e-494d-873c-eca90a532f02</a>. 
As the lead for this team, I am also happy to answer any questions you 
might have.<br></div>
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