ActiveCampaign is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our database systems. In this role, you will play a key role in architecting scalable and high-performance database solutions to support our growing data infrastructure needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure our database systems meet business requirements and performance goals.

What your day could consist of:

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of database systems to support data warehousing and analytics requirements.
• Work closely with software engineers, data scientists, and analysts to understand data needs and design efficient database schemas and structures.
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, and partitioning techniques.
• Establish and enforce best practices for database design, data modeling, and data governance.
• Monitor database health and performance metrics, and implement proactive measures to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve database scalability, performance, and efficiency.
• Mentor junior team members and provide technical guidance and expertise.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues and challenges.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and advancements in database technologies, and drive innovation and continuous improvement.

• 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and optimizing NoSQL database systems, such as DynamoDB, Cassandra, Vertica, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, or Snowflake.
• Strong proficiency in SQL query optimization, database tuning, and performance monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with ETL processes, data modeling, and data pipeline orchestration.
• Experience deploying and managing services hosted on Kubernetes. 
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, data replication, and high availability architectures.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, Agile environment.
• Experience leading database architecture and design projects is a plus.

This is an exciting time to join ActiveCampaign as we build out our new office in Poland. You will be a large part of developing our office culture in this new Krakow hub location. 

About ActiveCampaign:

ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with the must-have platform for intelligent marketing automation. Customers from over 170 countries depend on ActiveCampaign’s mix of pre-built automations and integrations (including Facebook, Google, WordPress, Salesforce, Shopify, and Square) to power personalized marketing, transactional emails, and one-to-one CRM interactions throughout the customer lifecycle. 

As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don’t just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. You can find out more about our DEI initiatives here.

ActiveCampaign holds the highest customer satisfaction rating among Marketing Automation, E-Commerce Personalization, Landing Page Builders, and CRM solutions on G2.com and is one of only a handful of software solutions with over 10,000 positive reviews. ActiveCampaign has also been named the Top Rated Email Marketing Software on TrustRadius. Learn more and start your free trial at ActiveCampaign.com.

Perks and Benefits:

You will enjoy and be eligible for ActiveCampaign’s suite of benefits and perks.

ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow, and promote no matter of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, political opinion, national origin, social origin, parentage, workers union membership, economic status, religion, age, health condition, disability or any other grounds protected by law.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members.