Lead Database Reliability Engineer

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our growing team of 1,800+ Personios across Europe and the US are building user-friendly products that delight our 14,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

The Role: How You’ll Make an Impact at Personio
At Personio, we’re on a mission to empower organizations to work more efficiently by streamlining and automating thousands of HR processes across Europe. As a Lead Database Reliability Engineer , you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring our data platforms are robust, scalable, and high-performing—directly supporting the teams and products that drive Personio’s success.

You’ll join a talented team, collaborating across Europe to solve complex database challenges, drive automation, and implement best practices. Your expertise will shape the reliability and future of our data infrastructure, making a real impact on how Personio delivers value to our customers.

This role will be Hybrid, based in either our Dublin, London, Madrid, Berlin or Munich office 2 days a week.

What You Will Focus On

• Database Reliability & Performance:
  Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our core data platforms, proactively identifying and resolving database issues before they impact our business.

• Collaboration & Support:
  Work closely with engineering teams to support database queries, optimize performance, and provide expert guidance on data storage solutions.

• Automation & Best Practices:
  Design and implement automation for routine database tasks using scripting (e.g., Bash, Python), and champion best practices in database governance and code review.

• Continuous Improvement:
  Drive continuous improvement in our database operations, collaborating with engineers to share knowledge and enhance our data infrastructure.

• Innovation & Impact:
  Influence the future of Personio’s data systems by introducing new tools, techniques, and processes that elevate our platform’s reliability and efficiency.

What You Need to Succeed

• Deep Database Expertise:
  Extensive hands-on experience with AWS (especially Amazon RDS), MySQL (MariaDB), and PostgreSQL in production environments.

• Automation Skills:
  Strong scripting abilities in Bash or Python, with a passion for automating database operations and improving efficiency.

• Customer-Focused Mindset:
  Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to support and empower engineering teams.

• Problem-Solving & Initiative:
  A proactive approach to identifying and solving complex database challenges, always seeking opportunities to improve and innovate.

• Desire to Learn & Share:
  Eagerness to stay up-to-date with the latest database technologies and best practices, and to mentor others on the team.

Why Personio?
Aside from working in a high-impact, fast-growing environment, we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including salary, benefits, and virtual shares.

• 26 days of paid vacation + 2 additional days off for Christmas and New Year's Eve.

• Regular company and team events like Oktoberfest, ski trips, Christmas parties, and more!

• PersonioFlex: A remote-friendly hybrid model.

• Mental health support because we know that wellbeing matters. #PersonioCares

• Parental benefits: 10 extra days off if your child gets sick.

• Two Impact Days per year for volunteering or social good initiatives. #SocialResponsibility

Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Apply today and help us build the future of HR automation at Personio. 🚀