We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer/Engineering Director who will be responsible for the design, deployment, optimisation, and full lifecycle management of enterprise-level cloud database platforms. Lead the implementation of multi-cloud architectures for Alibaba Cloud and AWS databases, ensuring high availability, high performance, and cost optimization
Database Architecture Design & Optimization
Design, deploy, and optimize cloud databases on Alibaba Cloud (RDS, PolarDB, Redis, MongoDB) and AWS (RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, DynamoDB)
Select appropriate database types (relational/NoSQL/NewSQL) and service models (managed services vs. self-built clusters) based on business requirements
Operations & Monitoring
Implement high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions, such as Alibaba Cloud cross-zone deployments, AWS Multi-AZ, and cross-region replication
Monitor database performance and health using cloud-native tools (Alibaba Cloud CloudMonitor, AWS CloudWatch) and third-party tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Performance Tuning & Incident Resolution
Analyze slow queries, lock conflicts, and resource bottlenecks (CPU/IO/memory), optimizing SQL statements and index designs
Rapidly resolve production database incidents (e.g., replication lag, connection pool exhaustion, storage scaling)
Security & Compliance
Manage database access controls via Alibaba Cloud RAM policies and AWS IAM roles to ensure data security
Perform regular database upgrades and audit log analysis to comply with GDPR, Multi-Tier Cloud Security Certification (MLPS), and other regulations
Automation & Cost Management
Automate database deployment and operations using Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native tools (Alibaba Cloud ROS, AWS CloudFormation)
Optimize cloud costs via auto-scaling, reserved instances, and storage tiering (e.g., AWS S3 Glacier)
Cross-Team Collaboration
Support development teams in database design reviews, SQL code standardization, and DevOps processes (e.g., database change management in CI/CD)
Team Management
Manage a team of DBAs to ensure timely completion of projects and efficient resolution of incidents