Database Administrator - MySQL Specialist

Database Administrator – MySQL Specialist About The Role

With tens of millions of visitors every week we strive to be the best in the industry for our users. You’ll be responsible for taking ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure for multiple platforms and facilitating releases into new regions. We wrote our systems from scratch about four years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades-old technologies.

There’s also freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack as you and the team see fit.

• MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB, AWS EC2, Cloud Watch, RDS, Redshift, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform, Python, Shell

• Take ownership and responsibility for our existing and new database infrastructure
• Monitor slow queries and proactively adjust database system capacity
• Automate deployments, configuration management, and build infrastructure with Terraform
• Enhance existing dashboards and develop new dashboards and alert mechanisms
• Facilitate the database side as we deploy into new regions
• Participate in on‑call responsibilities on a rotating pattern

• 4+ years of experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and Mongo
  
  DB problems
• Hands‑on experience with AWS RDS and Redshift
• Delivering quality documentation and operational runbooks
• Open mind and willingness to take on new challenges in a rapidly growing organization
• English speaking capability (Sporty is an English‑speaking working environment)

• Sporty is a remote‑first company committed to sustainability
• A competitive salary plus individual performance‑based bonuses every quarter
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Core working hours of 10 a.m.–3 p.m. local time with flexibility outside of this window
• Referral and flash bonuses
• Top‑of‑the‑line equipment
• Annual company retreats that foster internal networking opportunities

• Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
• Online assessment via Hackerrank
• Remote video interview with team members (60 min)
• Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 min)

If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team—AI is not used in our recruitment process—and we aim to respond within 48 hours.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Information Technology