Database Administrator / Database Operations Engineer (Chinese Speaker)

About the role

The Database Operations Engineer will operate, maintain and improve relational databases, caching platforms and related middleware in cloud and production environments, ensuring high availability, performance and cost efficiency. The role requires daily collaboration in Mandarin with technical teams based in China.

Key responsibilities

• Operate, maintain and support relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and caching platforms (Redis or Memcached) in cloud and production environments.
• Monitor availability, capacity, performance and reliability, and proactively address operational risks.
• Diagnose and resolve incidents, performance degradation and resource bottlenecks.
• Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, backup, recovery and routine maintenance.
• Support database releases, migrations and controlled production changes.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, automation and operational procedures using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Collaborate daily in Mandarin with Chinese technical teams to implement common management standards.
• Assist application teams with database troubleshooting and production releases.
• Improve utilisation, reliability and cost efficiency of database and application resources while ensuring GDPR compliance.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for urgent production incidents.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of experience in database administration or operations.
• Fluent Mandarin Chinese and professional working proficiency in English.
• Willingness to work onsite in Madrid or relocate there.

Required skills

• MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Redis or Memcached
• Linux operating system
• TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS protocols
• Prometheus and Grafana
• Python or Shell/Bash scripting
• Kubernetes (advantageous)

What we offer

• Multinational, cloud‑focused work environment
• Open, progressive and equal‑opportunity culture
• Supportive team where diversity is welcomed