Staff Software Engineer at Treasure Data
Managed critical infrastructure for Treasure Data's Data Tank platform, ensuring reliable and scalable PostgreSQL database operations.
Managed critical infrastructure for Treasure Data's Data Tank platform, ensuring reliable and scalable PostgreSQL database operations.
Key Responsibilities
Database Operations
- Managed PostgreSQL instances for Data Tank, maintaining high availability and performance across production environments
- Ensured 99.9%+ uptime for critical data infrastructure
- Optimized query performance and database configurations
Tooling & Automation
- Developed and maintained tooling to support database operations, monitoring, and automation
- Created scripts and utilities to streamline routine operations
- Implemented monitoring solutions for proactive issue detection
Infrastructure Management
- Oversaw infrastructure management, ensuring scalability and reliability of data storage systems
- Planned and executed capacity upgrades
- Collaborated with engineering teams to optimize database performance
Best Practices
- Implemented best practices for database administration, backup strategies, and disaster recovery
- Documented procedures and runbooks
- Trained team members on database operations
Impact
This role deepened my expertise in database operations at scale and infrastructure reliability. Managing critical data infrastructure for a data-focused company provided invaluable experience in maintaining high-availability systems and operational excellence.
The experience gained here directly informed later work on platform engineering and infrastructure modernization.
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