Senior Database Engineer; MySQL

Who We Are

At Partnerize, we’re on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We’ve built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences m affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We’re a team of passionate problem‑solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever‑evolving world of digital marketing.

We’re looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you will find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We are guided by our core values, and we are committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally.

If you’re ready to grow your career and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression. We’re looking to grow the technical estate, replace existing systems with new and scale and develop the platform. It’s an exciting time to join the team in this captivating period.

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer you will be part of the Partnerize Technical Operations team, they work with the business, development, and IT functions. You will be working within a team of Infrastructure Engineers responsible for designing, building and implementing solutions for the platform and providing the required training to support the solution. You will also be responsible for ensuring all issues/problems are addressed in a timely manner by the team.

You should have a keen interest in problem‑solving accompanied with experience in Linux systems, an understanding of distributed highly available systems, advanced database management knowledge (MySQL, Postgres) in replicated environments, experience of taking code to production including building the environment. The candidate should also have experience in Debian packaging, also experience with data streaming and queuing technologies (Kafta, Rabbit

MQ).

We’re looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer with a desire to learn. For us, it’s more about the person and the character than the role. We need people that will get excited about taking us to the next stage of our evolution helping us with their specific skills and experience but learning new ones along the way. You will need to be based within communicable distance of the Newcastle Office.

• Deliver coaching sessions to the team/individuals
• Scoping the work coming into the Infrastructure Solutions team and delegating to the team members appropriately.
• Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications
• Producing detailed documentation on the system design with visual representation to support.
• Measure and optimise new implemented systems performance, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward.
• Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications
• Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions
• Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning
• Work closely with development and tech teams ensuring technical Issues and projects are correctly managed.
• Deliver large technical projects
• Act as an escalation for other support teams within Tech Ops
• Be responsible for continuous improvement, continuous delivery and continuous integration.
• Plan, prioritise, and estimate tasks using Jira.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Participate in the On-Call Rotation.

• Ideally 3-5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or Dev Ops Engineer role.
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g Kubernetes, nomad, helm, docker)
• Expertise in deploying and…