Senior Database Engineer (all genders)
NFON
Prishtina
Senior Database Engineer (all genders)
Your new role
The work you‘ll do
- Design, build, and operate highly available database clusters based on MariaDB.
- Develop and maintain backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability strategies.
- Analyze and optimize SQL queries, database performance, and system scalability.
- Automate database and infrastructure operations using tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
- Support development teams with database architecture, data modeling, and integration topics.
- Operate databases in virtualized and containerized environments, including Kubernetes.
- Implement and improve database security, compliance, and encryption standards.
- Contribute to incident management and participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation to ensure platform stability.
The qualifications you need
- Several years of experience administering MariaDB inhighly available production environments.
- Strong expertise in SQL, query optimization, and database performance tuning.
- Experience with at least one additional relational database system, ideally PostgreSQL.
- Good scripting and automation skills using languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation of operational processes.
- Solid understanding of IT security, compliance, and high-availability concepts.
- Structured and analytical mindset with a high degree of ownership and collaboration.
- Ideally experience with Kubernetes, Linux (Debian), NoSQL technologies, or distributed systems.
What we can offer you
- Enjoy a fair and appropriate salary.
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for you and your family.
- Professional & confidential mental health support (powered byOpenUp).
- Benefit from 22 vacation days, exceeding the legal-required standard.
- The option to work from home up to 2 days per week.
- Work remotely from anywhere up to 20 days per year.
- Work in a cosy, modern office equipped with top hardware.
- Choose your preferred device: Windows Laptop or MacBook.
- We cover costs for e-learning courses to support your professional development.
- Enjoy organic fruit baskets, a smoothie bar, quality coffee, mate, and more.
- We are "Certified Family Friendly" and support a healthy balance between work, family, and private life.
- Be part of an agile organization where your ideas matter and youhave the opportunity totake charge.
About us
NFON who?
We’re NFON – a leading European provider of integrated business communication with a focus on AI-based applications and as a licenced telecoms company active in 15 European countries. Since 2019 we are listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, have nine branch operations and are working together with over 3,000 partners. Every day, we support around 55,000 business customers in Europe with intuitive communication solutions that make their businesses more efficient and flexible.
What we do…
As a long-term partner for small and medium-sized businesses, we combine technological innovation with user-friendly and efficient business communication solutions. With both AI-based technologies and operational excellence, we are enabling companies to harness the full potential that artificial intelligence offers – for optimised processes, more precise customer interactions and new growth opportunities. With its core product, the smart cloud communications platform, we are offering hassle-free voice calls, simple video conferencing and seamless integration of CRM and collaboration tools for small and medium-sized companies. All of NFON’s cloud services are operated in certified data centres in Germany, with 100% of their energy needs covered by renewable sources.
How & why we do it
Our vision is to rethink business communication, inspire and connect people to grow together sustainably. For that we need innovative ideas and people who get things done & never get discouraged. If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet still has 25 other letters to choose from. There is one thing that builds the foundation of everything we do – and that’s respect. Whether it is towards our employees, our partners or our customers. We value each other’s commitment and listen to diverse opinions. Of course everyone has personal goals. But at the end of the day what counts is the success of the overall team. We work as a team and learn from the people around us.
Diversity is at our core.
NFON is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.
