Database Engineer (Postgres and Oracle)

About us

At Auctane, we are united by a passion to help businesses deliver - whatever their size, wherever they are, and however they operate. We make it possible for businesses to meet the ever-changing requirements of their industry and customer expectations. Auctane products enable hundreds of thousands of businesses to annually mail and ship billions of items - over $200 billion worth - to recipients around the globe.

The Auctane family of mailing and shipping software products includes ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShipStation API, Metapack, GlobalPost, and Packlink. Our partners include Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Walmart.

Our values

Win as One. Delight Customers. Deliver Great Outcomes. 

About the role

As DBE, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of the organization's relational database systems. This role will ensure the integrity, availability, and performance of critical data to support business operations and decision-making processes. The DBE will work closely with IT teams, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver efficient and scalable database solutions that meet the organization's current and future needs. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills in Oracle database management systems, excellent problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to translate business requirements into effective relational database solutions. This role will be critical in maintaining the organization's data infrastructure, enabling data-driven decision-making, and ensuring the optimal performance of mission-critical applications across the enterprise.

This role is expected to work on-call shifts. 

What will you be doing?

• Develop database schemas, tables, and indexes to optimize performance and ensure data integrity.
• Implement and maintain database security measures, including user authentication, access controls, and data encryption.
• Analyze and interpret database performance metrics to proactively identify areas for improvement
• Install, configure, and maintain Oracle database software and related components across development, testing, and production environments.
• Perform database upgrades, migrations, and patching (PSU/RU) while minimizing downtime. 
• Manage Oracle homes, database instances, and listener configuration.
• Plan and execute database version upgrades and compatibility changes. 
• Monitor database performance and troubleshoot issues such as slow queries, database locks, and resource contention.
• Maintain and review AWR/ASH-like diagnostic reports or equivalent monitoring data available in SE2 environments like sp-reports.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks through query optimization, index tuning, and database configuration adjustments. 
• Perform regular backups and disaster recovery procedures to ensure data availability and integrity. 
• Configure and maintain RMAN backup strategies including full, incremental, and archived log backups.
• Regularly test database recovery procedures to ensure disaster recovery readiness. 
• Document and maintain disaster recovery plans and recovery time objectives (RTO/RPO).
• Manage tablespaces, data files, redo logs, and archive logs.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting to support future growth. 
• Optimize storage allocation and database layout to improve I/O performance.
• Manage user roles, privileges, and access policies following least-privilege principles. 
• Ensure compliance with data protection policies and regulatory requirements.
• Develop automation scripts (Shell, Bash, Python, or SQL scripts) for routine administrative tasks.
• Automate backup verification, monitoring checks, and maintenance tasks. 
• Implement scheduled database maintenance jobs. 
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Provide database support during production incidents and on-call rotations. 
• Optimize database indexes, query execution plans, and caching strategies to improve application responsiveness and scalability. 
• Write and optimize SQL queries and stored procedures for efficient data retrieval and manipulation.
• Configure and maintain database replication, clustering, or failover mechanisms to provide resilience against hardware failures, network outages, or natural disasters.
• Stay abreast of emerging database technologies, trends, and best practices through self-study, training, and participation in industry forums and conferences. 
• Collaborate with software developers to design database schemas that align with application requirements and development workflows. 
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to database best practices, performance guidelines, and data access patterns.
• Work closely with application developers to optimize SQL queries, data access patterns, and database interactions for maximum efficiency.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Oracle Database Administration.
• In-depth knowledge and proficiency in SQL (Structured Query Language).
• Proficiency in managing SQL database systems 
• Solid understanding of database architecture, data modeling, normalization, indexing, and query optimization techniques.
• Experience in database administration tasks such as installation, configuration, backup and recovery, security management, and performance tuning is important.
• Experience with core database administration activities, including installation, configuration, patching, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring. 
• Experience using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) or equivalent tools for backup and recovery operations.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and basic scripting for automation of administrative tasks.
• Knowledge of database security best practices and experience in implementing security measures such as user authentication, access controls, encryption, and auditing are important.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex database issues.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with development and infrastructure teams 
• Polish and English conversational level is required for this role

Tech stack

• Oracle SQL Server, PostgreSQL (Bonus), Amazon Web Services, Java, Shell, Bash, Python,

What do we offer?

Hybrid Framework - The best of both worlds! Work from home when you need focus and flexibility, and spend 2 days a week in the office for face-to-face collaboration, sharing ideas and catching up with the team. Because some things are simply better together!

Personal Training Budget. Up to 7.000 year training budget (certifications, conferences attendance, etc.) to invest in your professional development. We want to help you improve your technical skills, feel involved in the product community, and develop your soft skills to lead teams and manage other stakeholders.

Internal and external training, free access to online training platforms such as Linkedin Learning

Languages classes every week. Thirsty for knowledge? Learn a new language by joining our free English/Spanish/German classes. You can connect and enjoy taking up a new language or improving your current skills with one of our great instructors.

Lunch card. Enjoy a subsidized lunch card and grab a meal with your teammates - because the best conversations often happen over lunch!

Free private medical insurance. Take care of your health with private medical care fully covered by us

Attractive life insurance. Extra peace of mind for you and your loved ones.

Co-financed Multisport card - We support an active lifestyle because staying healthy and feeling good matters.

Volunteer day. You can take 16 hours per year in order to participate in volunteering activities! We will love to see some pictures in our slack!

Up to 30 days of vacation per year ( additional days are granted along with seniority at AUCTANE).

Up to 1000 PLN/year PLN/year to match your NGO donations! We are happy to support your initiatives by duplicating the amount donated.

We have an Employee Assistance Program with psychological assistance free of charge for you and your loved ones.

Annual Salary Review: We are reviewing the salaries of all our teams annually in order to evaluate an increase according to individual performance and the business results.

Referral Fee We need your support in hiring top-class talent! We offer a referral bonus of 4k-20k PLN, depending on the complexity of the role and the hiring process.

An inclusive and upbeat work environment Leave your suit behind... we’re a t-shirt and converse kind of place! More importantly, our company culture promotes diversity and inclusion. The personality and opinions of each of our team members are important and valid, and we aim to offer all employees a safe environment where they can be themselves and thrive.

Across-cultural atmosphere We are a truly international team of 20 nationalities that speak 10 languages. Our company language is English and all internal communication and company-wide meetings are in English.

Company events We do our best every day, even at our regular team-building events.

Nice Office in Zielona Gora and Wroclaw (free drinks, snacks…)

Do you want to know a little bit more about the team? Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Amazing Auctane-PL  and our  Instagram