Principal Database Architect

 

Outline

 

Wikimedia is searching for a Principal Database Architect to join our SRE group to configuration, construct, advance and backing the stage serving the world's #1 reference book to a huge number of individuals all throughout the planet. Wikipedia and its sister projects are an internationally disseminated design controlled stringently by Free and Open Source programming. The stack has MediaWiki at its center, encircled by a biological system of microservices in PHP, NodeJS, Python, Go and Java.

 

The Wikimedia engineers and local area persistently extend and improve the product driving the Wikimedia projects. The regular advance in this cycle is discovering ideal methods of putting away information and adjusting the code that interfaces with information stockpiling frameworks (counting construction and question enhancement).

 

We presently use MariaDB as our fundamental RDBMS and Cassandra as the predominant NoSQL arrangement. We are keen on discovering better than ever methods of using the capacities of the current stack just as exploring and conceivably carrying out other comparative items. To accomplish these objectives we are searching for an up-and-comer with solid experience, two involved and in a counseling limit, in planning, creating and working huge scope data set frameworks with complex conditions.

 

We are an all around the world appropriated and different group of architects with a drive to investigate, trial and embrace new advances. On the off chance that you discover what we do fascinating, in the event that you are capable of improving the unwavering quality and conveyance of one of the Internet's main 10 sites, and you appreciate working in a distant first job, Wikimedia may simply be the ideal spot for you.

 

You are answerable for:

 

Working with engineers, SREs and different groups, giving direction on improving inquiries, composition plan and generally information system.

 

Helping at each progression of the compositional plan and improvement lifecycle of new administrations and causing them to work at scale

 

Planning, improving and working the RDBMS and NoSQL frameworks serving Wikimedia projects

 

Exploring, testing and benchmarking new RDBMS and NoSQL arrangements

 

Reacting to normal data set issues, following reported strategies

 

Aiding or driving episode reaction, finding and circle back to framework blackouts or alarms across Wikimedia's creation foundation

 

Coaching peers in your spaces of specialized and operational strength

 

Sharing our qualities and work as per them

 

Abilities and Experience:

 

Profound information on (Free and Open Source) RDBMS (MariaDB, MySQL) organization (great comprehension of and experience with replication is fundamental)

 

Profound information on investigating question execution and outline plan

 

Solid programming language abilities and experience planning and creating programming utilizing social information bases everywhere scale

 

Experience with (Free and Open Source) NoSQL items (Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, and so forth)

 

Solid prerequisite investigation and critical thinking abilities

 

Solid English language abilities and capacity to work freely, as a compelling piece of a universally conveyed group

 

B.S. or on the other hand M.S. in Computer Science or comparable work insight

 

Also, we'd love it on the off chance that you have:

 

Experience working with SRE/Operations/DevOps groups

 

Involvement in shell and prearranging dialects utilized in a SRE/Operations designing setting (Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, and so on)

 

History of mechanizing undertakings and cycles, distinguishing measure holes and discovering computerization openings

 

Low level frameworks investigating and troubleshooting (CPU/memory profiling, C/C++ experience, top to bottom Linux information)

 

Involvement in LAMP stack advancements (PHP/HHVM, memcached/redis, MySQL) - MediaWiki commonality would be extraordinary!

 

Some experience growing Free and Open Source programming, or being important for an open-source local area

 

The Wikimedia Foundation is...

 

...the not-for-profit association that has and works Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free information projects. Our vision is a world where each and every human can openly partake in the amount of all information. We accept that everybody can possibly contribute something to our common information, and that everybody ought to have the option to get to that information, liberated from obstruction. We have the Wikimedia projects, fabricate programming encounters for perusing, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer networks and accomplices who make Wikimedia conceivable, and advocate for approaches that empower Wikimedia and free information to flourish. The Wikimedia Foundation is a magnanimous, not-revenue driven association that depends on gifts. We get monetary help from a large number of people all throughout the planet, with a normal gift of about $15. We likewise get gifts through institutional awards and endowments.

As an equivalent chance manager, the Wikimedia Foundation esteems having an assorted labor force and constantly endeavors to keep a comprehensive and impartial work environment. We energize individuals with a different scope of foundations to apply. We don't oppress any individual dependent on their race, qualities truly connected with race, religion, shading, public beginning, sex, pregnancy or related ailments, parental status, sexual direction, sex personality, sex articulation, age, status as a secured veteran, status as a person with a handicap, hereditary data, or some other legitimately ensured attributes.

 

On the off chance that you are a certified candidate needing support or a convenience to finish any progression of the application cycle because of an incapacity, you may reach us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.

 

U.S. Advantages and Perks

 

Completely paid clinical, dental and vision inclusion for workers and their qualified families (indeed, completely paid expenses!)

 

The Wellness Program gives repayment to the whole self exercises like wellness participations, child sitting, proceeding with schooling and considerably more

 

The 401(k) retirement plan offers coordinated with commitments at 4% of yearly compensation

 

Adaptable and liberal downtime - get-away, debilitated and volunteer days, in addition to 22 paid occasions - including the most recent seven day stretch of the year.

 

Family agreeable! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks in addition to an extra five weeks for pregnancy, adaptable alternatives to stage back in after leave, completely prepared lactation room.

 

For those crisis minutes - long and transient inability, extra security (2x compensation) and a representative help program

 

Pre-charge investment funds plans for medical care, youngster care, senior consideration, public transportation and stopping costs

 

Working from home and adaptable plans for getting work done accessible

 

Suitable fuel for speculation and coding (otherwise known as, a storeroom loaded with treats) and month to month back rubs to assist staff with unwinding

 

Paid travel to Wikimedia Foundation occasions from one side of the planet to the other!

 

Hardware including a PC, screen, in addition to a one-time payment to cover any extra necessities to ensure you have the best work insight

 

Incredible partners - various staff and project workers communicating in many dialects from around the world, fabulous scholarly talk, mission-driven and seriously enthusiastic individuals

 

*Please note that for distant jobs situated outside of the U.S., we concede to our PEO to guarantee arrangement with neighborhood work laws.