Database Migrations Engineer

🕒 September 17

🌐 United Kingdom, Denmark, +4 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇩🇰 Denmark – Remote 🇸🇪 Sweden – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote 🇵🇱 Poland – Remote 🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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🌐 Web 3

🏢 Enterprise

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Laravel is a popular web application framework for building modern, scalable web applications using PHP. It is known for its expressive and elegant syntax, which aims to simplify common tasks in web projects, making development a joyful and creative experience. Laravel comes with a wide ecosystem of tools and features, including server management, authentication, notifications, and job queues, allowing developers to build full-stack applications with ease. It offers solutions for serverless deployment, database management, and more, making it a comprehensive choice for developers worldwide.

📋 Description

• Execute database migrations with enterprise and Private Cloud customers onboarding to Laravel Cloud, primarily using MySQL and Postgres • Own the technical execution of migrations during customer calls • Assume ownership of the PlanetScale relationship and migration work • Productise repeatable migration patterns through documentation, decision logic, and edge-case handling • Automate recurring migration requests and eliminate manual effort • Own broader application and service migrations onto Private Cloud when database migration work permits • Write documentation, runbooks, and reference material for Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering • Monitor alternatives such as PlanetScale, Aurora, and Percona for pricing, instance classes, and capabilities • Advise on changes needed to keep Laravel Cloud’s database offering competitive

🎯 Requirements

• Genuine strength across both MySQL and Postgres • Direct experience with database migrations in a customer-facing capacity • Experience running database migration processes alongside engineers and customers • Comfortable owning technical execution rather than advising on it • Ability to identify repeatable patterns in bespoke work and package them without over-engineering • Strong written and async communication • Comfort operating in a role where part of the scope is yours to define • Experience at a database tooling or infrastructure company such as PlanetScale, Percona, or Vitess (nice to have) • Experience building tooling or automation around migration workflows (nice to have) • Familiarity with AWS-based infrastructure or PaaS environments (nice to have) • Experience with AWS DMS or comparable migration tooling (nice to have) • Track record of writing, speaking, or teaching publicly about database topics (nice to have) • Some familiarity with PHP applications (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Work From Home • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) • Stock Option Plan

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