Overview In this role you will manage Rover’s datastore platforms (PostgreSQL/MySQL on AWS RDS), ensuring performance and reliability while building self-service automation. You’ll upgrade, monitor, and optimize databases, collaborate with product teams on migrations, and lead initiatives to scale data infrastructure. The role blends hands-on database work with cross-team collaboration to support Rover’s mission of safe, scalable pet care experiences. This is a hybrid Barcelona-based position with regular office collaboration.

Compensaciones / Ventajas

long-term incentive plan pension plan private medical insurance 25 days PTO meal allowance gym membership

Responsabilidades

Manage core database operations for PostgreSQL/MySQL on AWS RDS,



including access control and scaling Plan and execute major/minor database upgrades and backup strategies Develop self-service tooling to automate datastore changes and migrations Collaborate with product teams to improve datastore scalability and reliability Review migrations and optimize query performance across services Design Terraform-based infrastructure for RDS management and deployment Develop Python automation to assist Django migrations and model tuning Participate in on-call rotations and provide 24/7 production support Monitor system health with Datadog/Cloudwatch and implement alerting Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis

Requisitos principales

3+ years in a Fullstack or Backend Engineer role (preferably Django/Python) Strong knowledge of databases, schema design, and DB fundamentals (MySQL/PostgreSQL/AWS RDS) Experience with AWS production environments Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CDK) Familiarity with Datadog/Cloudwatch or ELK stack Cross-team collaboration Proactive problem solving Curiosity and willingness to learn Django/Python development PostgreSQL/MySQL on AWS RDS AWS services and production troubleshooting

📌 Software Engineer - Backend Platform - barcelona
🏢 Rover.Com
📍 Barcelona