Database Administration (DBA) Engineering Manager

About us!

Our open source charts and commercial libraries are used by tens of thousands of financial sites across the planet, including whales like: CME, Refinitiv, Investopedia, Crunchbase, Binance, Bitcoin.com and many others. We’re also one of the world’s biggest websites (#61 to be exact, according to Alexa Rankings), visited by 100s of millions of people every year. So if you’re interested in finance, chances are you’ll have already seen us around the place.

Our mission is to help millions of people succeed in life, whatever that means for them, by providing the highest quality information in the smartest way so they can make the best-informed decisions possible. To do this, we’re looking for individuals to join a team where product quality means everything, where you’ll be given the opportunity to develop your best work, and where the fruits of your labor will be seen by millions of people each and every day.

Join our UK team

We’ve got people all over the world, but London is where our executives are based. So, if you’re looking for a start-up, get stuck-in vibe, but with all the resources and firepower of a major scale-up, then look no further. It’s an exciting time to be part of the founding UK team as we continue our growth here.

Our tech stack – Work with cutting-edge technologies

We are using the latest technologies, ensuring our team works on innovative and challenging projects: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript with NodeJS, Python and Golang on the backend.

Your mission:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Database Administration team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team of DBAs across multiple locations, ensuring the security, scalability, and performance of our database infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-availability database solutions that are critical to our business operations. As a leader, you will drive the strategic direction of the DBA team while overseeing its day-to-day operations, ensuring high performance and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead and manage a geographically distributed Database Administration team, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
2. Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to align database strategies with broader organisational goals.
3. Ensure the security, scalability, and high availability of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and MySQL databases across the company.
4. Drive database architecture decisions, implementing best practices for database performance, backup, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance.
5. Manage and resolve complex database-related incidents, providing guidance to the DBA team in minimising downtime and improving recovery times.
6. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, leading the DBA team in identifying and implementing process improvements and automation initiatives.
7. Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for database systems, ensuring the team delivers high-performance and reliable services.
8. Work closely with other engineering managers and leaders to ensure smooth cross-team collaboration and successful project delivery.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 5+ years of experience in database administration, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
2. Experience leading geographically distributed teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across time zones.
3. Deep expertise in relational databases such as PostgreSQL as well as other popular non-relational databases (MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, etc.).
4. Strong knowledge of database architecture, replication, sharding, clustering, and high-availability configurations.
5. Proven ability to lead a team in performance tuning, optimisation, and troubleshooting complex database issues.
6. Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across departments.
7. Fluency in Russian is required for effective communication within the team and across the company.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Hands-on experience with operating database solutions in the cloud, particularly in AWS, as well as on-premise data centers.
2. Extensive experience with distributed systems, including designing and managing distributed databases with replication, sharding, and high-availability configurations.
3. Experience in designing and implementing disaster recovery, backup strategies, and failover mechanisms.
4. Solid understanding of containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes for database management.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of DBAs and build a world-class database infrastructure for a fast-growing organisation. If you have a passion for databases and leadership, we’d love to hear from you!

It’ll also be an advantage if you have experience in:

• Finance experience or knowledge of Trading.
• Knowledge of TradingView.

Additional information

This is a hybrid role based in our Central London Office located in The Shard, offering you the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture and enjoy an excellent quality of life.

Our flexible working hours allow for a great work-life balance, and we provide comprehensive relocation packages for you and your family to ensure a smooth transition and comfortable settling-in process. Additionally, we offer private health insurance as part of our benefits package, and much more. You can also enjoy all of our workplace perks (gym, snacks etc.)!

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 500 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 20 languages, with 5 global offices where we foster inclusive and collaborative work environments.

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