Database Architect
Synthesis Health
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Vancouver, British Columbia
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Synthesis Health
Who We Are
We're a mission and values driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team, spread across the US and Canada, is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.
About the Opportunity
Synthesis Health is looking for a stellar Database Architect to shape, secure, and scale our data systems. Working closely with engineers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure Synthesis has robust data solutions that are high-performing and scalable.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Values:
Compensation is paid in the currency of the country where the individual is hired. For this position, the salary range is $100,000 - $125,000 CAD for Canadian based employees. For global hires, salary range will align with market rates in home country.
Other benefits include but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, "Use as needed" vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.
Who We Are
We're a mission and values driven company with tremendous dedication to our customers. Our 100% remote team, spread across the US and Canada, is dedicated to a common goal – to revolutionize healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and commitment to our core values and behaviors.
About the Opportunity
Synthesis Health is looking for a stellar Database Architect to shape, secure, and scale our data systems. Working closely with engineers, product managers, and DevOps to ensure Synthesis has robust data solutions that are high-performing and scalable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain robust database solutions using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud storage systems.
- Optimize database performance and ensure high availability and scalability across systems for both PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Develop, review, and maintain secure and efficient database code.
- Implement and uphold best practices for database security and access controls.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and proactively resolve database performance issues.
- Tune PostgreSQL memory buffers and ensure appropriate working memory for sorting of query results
- Ensure effective use of PostgreSQL / MongoDB indexes by workload queries
- Create and tune queries / indexes for PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Optimize backups and restores for PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Collaborate with developers and product teams to model data schemas aligned with application requirements.
- Participate in code reviews and provide guidance on best practices for data access and storage.
- Contribute to automation and CI/CD pipelines for database deployments.
- Familiar with Disaster recovery best practices
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or other relevant degree.
- Three years of experience as a database architect or similar role.
- Knowledge of cloud storage concepts and integrations.
- Proficiency in designing and managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis in production.
- Effective communication skills.
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Ability to work in a fast-spaced setting with minimal supervision.
- Five years of experience as a database architect or similar role.
Values:
- Clinical service first. 2. Collaborate with our customers. 3. Listen, respect, learn. 4. Innovate to excel.
- Be nice. 2. Be creative. 3. Be honest. 4. Be helpful.
Compensation is paid in the currency of the country where the individual is hired. For this position, the salary range is $100,000 - $125,000 CAD for Canadian based employees. For global hires, salary range will align with market rates in home country.
Other benefits include but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, "Use as needed" vacation policy, and participation in our employee option program.
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