About us!

Our open source charts and commercial libraries are used by tens of thousands of financial sites across the planet, including whales 🐋 like: CME, Refinitiv, Investopedia, Crunchbase, Binance, Bitcoin.com and many many others. We’re also one of the world’s biggest websites (#61 to be exact, according to Alexa Rankings), visited by 100s of millions of people every year. So if you’re interested in finance, chances are you’ll have already seen us around the place.

Our mission is to help millions of people succeed in life, whatever that means for them, by providing the highest quality information in the smartest way so they can make the best-informed decisions possible. To do this, we’re looking for individuals to join a team where product quality means everything, where you’ll be given the opportunity to develop your best work, and where the fruits of your labor will be seen by millions of people each and every day.

Join our UK team

We’ve got people all over the world, but London is where our executives are based. So, if you’re looking for a start-up, get stuck-in vibe, but with all the resources and firepower of a major scale-up, then look no further. It’s an exciting time to be part of the founding UK team as we continue our growth here.

Our tech stack - Work with cutting-edge technologies

We are using the latest technologies, ensuring our team works on innovative and challenging projects: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript with NodeJS and Python, Django on the backend

Your Mission

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Principal Database Administrator (DBA) to lead the management and optimisation of our database infrastructure. You will design, maintain, and secure large-scale, high-load databases. This role involves driving database strategy, providing technical leadership, and ensuring that our systems are built for high availability, performance, and security.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee the administration, optimisation, and maintenance of various relational and non-relational databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, ClickHouse, MongoDB, etc.

- Design and implement high-availability, fault-tolerant database solutions capable of supporting large-scale, high-load operations.

- Lead database architecture decisions and work closely with development and operations teams to ensure effective deployment and performance.

- Ensure robust security measures are in place, including encryption, access control, and comprehensive backup strategies.

- Conduct performance tuning and optimisation, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in distributed databases and systems.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior DBAs and team members, helping them navigate complex database challenges.

- Manage and resolve complex database-related incidents, ensuring swift recovery and minimising downtime.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions align with business goals and system requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 8+ years of experience in database administration, with deep expertise in PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, and distributed databases.

- Deep experience operating databases in cloud environments with a focus on AWS database offerings.

- Proficiency in SQL and experience automating database tasks through scripting and tools.

- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in distributed databases, including performance tuning and bottleneck analysis.

- Strong knowledge of security practices including encryption, access control, and fault tolerance.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Extensive experience with distributed systems, including designing and managing distributed databases with replication, sharding, and high-availability configurations.

- Knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation concepts, including experience working with Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Zabbix and Prometheus for maintaining the performance and health of databases.

- Experience with Change Data Capturing (CDC) techniques.

- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide team members through the intricacies of various databases.

This is a prime opportunity to take a leadership role in shaping the future of our database architecture. If you are passionate about building and optimising highly available, high-performance databases, we’d love to hear from you.

It’ll also be an advantage if you have experience in:

- Finance experience or knowledge of Trading

- Knowledge of TradingView 😁

Additional information

This is a Hybrid role based in either our Central London Office located in The Shard or from our Malaga office located in Muelle Uno port (center), offering you the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture and enjoy an excellent quality of life.

Our flexible working hours allow for a great work-life balance, and we provide comprehensive relocation packages for you and your family to ensure a smooth transition and comfortable settling-in process. Additionally, we offer private health insurance as part of our benefits package, and much more. You can also enjoy all of our workplace perks (gym,snacks etc..)!

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 500 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 20 languages, with 5 global offices where we foster inclusive and collaborative work environments.