Overview

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Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our growing team of 1,800+ Personios across Europe and the US are building user-friendly products that delight our 14,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees.

The Role

As a Lead Database Reliability Engineer, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring our data platforms are robust, scalable, and high-performing—directly supporting the teams and products that drive Personio’s success. You’ll join a talented team, collaborating across Europe to solve complex database challenges, drive automation, and implement best practices. Your expertise will shape the reliability and future of our data infrastructure, making a real impact on how Personio delivers value to our customers.

This role will be Hybrid, based in either our Dublin, London, Madrid, Berlin or Munich office 2 days a week.

What You Will Focus On

• Database Reliability & Performance: Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our core data platforms, proactively identifying and resolving database issues before they impact our business.
• Collaboration & Support: Work closely with engineering teams to support database queries, optimize performance, and provide expert guidance on data storage solutions.
• Automation & Best Practices: Design and implement automation for routine database tasks using scripting (e.g., Bash, Python), and champion best practices in database governance and code review.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in our database operations, collaborating with engineers to share knowledge and enhance our data infrastructure.
• Innovation & Impact: Influence the future of Personio’s data systems by introducing new tools, techniques, and processes that elevate our platform’s reliability and efficiency.

What You Need To Succeed

• Deep Database Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience with AWS (especially Amazon RDS), MySQL (MariaDB), and PostgreSQL in production environments.
• Automation Skills: Strong scripting abilities in Bash or Python, with a passion for automating database operations and improving efficiency.
• Customer-Focused Mindset: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to support and empower engineering teams.
• Problem-Solving & Initiative: A proactive approach to identifying and solving complex database challenges, always seeking opportunities to improve and innovate.
• Desire to Learn & Share: Eagerness to stay up-to-date with the latest database technologies and best practices, and to mentor others on the team.

Why Personio?

• Competitive compensation package including salary, benefits, and virtual shares.
• 26 days of paid vacation + 2 additional days off for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
• Regular company and team events like Oktoberfest, ski trips, Christmas parties, and more!
• PersonioFlex: A remote-friendly hybrid model.
• Mental health support because we know that wellbeing matters. #PersonioCares
• Parental benefits: 10 extra days off if your child gets sick.
• Two Impact Days per year for volunteering or social good initiatives. #SocialResponsibility

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development