Database Administrator

As a Database Engineer you will be responsible for keeping the database systems that support our products up and running. This includes reliability and performance concerns. You will work closely with both the Platform Infrastructure team, as well as Product Engineering teams, to ensure the uninterrupted deployment of releases. You will help ensure we follow best practices that, in addition to the above concerns, also support security and business continuity/disaster recovery.

Responsibilities:

• 3+ years of experience of PostgreSQL administration with medium to large databases and an emphasis on performance tuning and production support within the context of Linux/AWS
• Experience with multi-region replication and failover strategies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Why BlockFi?

BlockFi has experienced incredible growth since our launch in August 2017. From raising over $100MM in debt and equity capital to helping thousands of clients (and growing!) do more with their crypto assets, we have established a dominant position as the debt and credit crypto market leader in the U.S. As we expand our product suite and geographic footprint, our addressable market will grow exponentially.

BlockFi's leadership team has decades of experience in the traditional financial services and banking world, and we take a conservative approach to regulation that will position us well for sustainable long-term growth and expansion.

Our team is comprised of highly motivated professionals from diverse backgrounds. We are aiming to become the leading lender in crypto and are poised to redefine the global financial ecosystem for the better. In addition:

• BlockFi is one of the first companies to ever offer crypto-backed loans and the only company whose founding team has an institutional understanding of the debt capital markets and regulatory landscape in the U.S.
• $4.3MM of seed funding and $50MM in capital for funding loans
• $100 MM of Series A, B, and C funding led by Valar Ventures with participation from Susquehanna, Winklevoss Capital, Fidelity, Galaxy Digital, Akuna Capital, and Morgan Creek
• We are moving quickly and have already deployed substantial capital into the space, proving our ability to execute and capture customer demand

We offer

• Competitive salary
• Unlimited vacation / sick days
• Work alongside an enthusiastic, collegial, and driven team in a highly meritocratic environment