Associate Database Engineer

About us

At Auctane, we are united by a passion to help businesses deliver - whatever their size, wherever they are, and however they operate. We make it possible for businesses to meet the ever-changing requirements of their industry and customer expectations. Auctane products enable hundreds of thousands of businesses to annually mail and ship billions of items - over $200 billion worth - to recipients around the globe.

The Auctane family of mailing and shipping software products includes ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShipStation API, Metapack, GlobalPost, and Packlink. Our partners include Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Walmart.

Our values

Win as One. Delight Customers. Deliver Great Outcomes.

About the role

As an Associate Database Engineer (DBE), you will support the maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of the organization's relational database systems. Working alongside experienced engineers, you will help ensure the integrity, availability, security, and performance of critical data that supports business operations. You will collaborate with IT teams and developers to troubleshoot database issues, perform routine maintenance, and contribute to database improvements. This role offers an opportunity to develop practical skills in PostgreSQL and SQL Server database management systems hosted in AWS, particularly Amazon RDS. The ideal candidate will have a basic understanding of relational databases, good problem-solving skills, and a willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative engineering environment.

This is an Associate level role. The salary is up to 11K PLN gross per month

What will you be doing?

• Assist in developing and maintaining database schemas, tables, and indexes while following established standards and best practices.
• Support database security measures, including user access management, permissions, and data protection.
• Monitor database health and performance using existing monitoring tools. Identify potential issues, analyze basic performance metrics, and escalate complex problems to experienced engineers.
• Assist in troubleshooting database issues such as slow queries, database locks, and resource contention under the guidance of senior team members.
• Support database performance optimization through basic query tuning, index maintenance, and analysis of query execution plans.
• Write, maintain, and troubleshoot SQL queries and stored procedures to efficiently retrieve and manipulate data.
• Assist in configuring and maintaining database replication, high availability, and failover mechanisms to ensure data availability and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews to learn and apply database best practices, performance guidelines, and data access patterns.
• Collaborate with software developers to understand application requirements and support database schema design and development activities.
• Work with application developers to identify and resolve database-related issues, including inefficient queries and data access patterns.
• Perform routine database maintenance tasks, including monitoring database health, reviewing logs, and supporting scheduled maintenance activities.
• Assist in performing regular database backups, restore testing, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure data availability and integrity.
• Support incident investigation and resolution by following established operational procedures and working closely with experienced engineers.
• Maintain database documentation, follow established processes, and contribute to improving operational procedures and technical runbooks.
• Stay up to date with database technologies, trends, and best practices through self-study, training

What are we looking for?

• Basic knowledge of SQL, with familiarity with PL/SQL or T-SQL and a willingness to develop practical skills in database programming.
• Basic understanding of database design principles, including normalization, indexing, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with database security concepts, including user authentication, access controls, encryption, and auditing.
• Basic understanding of relational database management systems, particularly PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Basic knowledge of AWS cloud services, with familiarity with Amazon RDS considered an advantage.
• Understanding of database backup, recovery, and high availability concepts.
• Basic troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate technical issues and seek guidance when needed.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, follow established best practices, and develop database administration and optimization skills.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of an engineering team.
• Communicative level of English.

Tech stack

• PostgreSQL
• MS SQL
• Amazon Web Services
• C# .Net

What do we offer?

• Hybrid Framework - The best of both worlds! Work from home when you need focus and flexibility, and spend 2 days a week in the office for face-to-face collaboration, sharing ideas and catching up with the team. Because some things are simply better together!
• Personal Training Budget. Up to 7.000 PLN year training budget (certifications, conferences attendance, etc.) to invest in your professional development. We want to help you improve your technical skills, feel involved in the product community, and develop your soft skills to lead teams and manage other stakeholders.
• Internal and external training, free access to online training platforms such as Linkedin Learning
• Languages classes every week. Thirsty for knowledge? Learn a new language by joining our free English/Spanish/German classes. You can connect and enjoy taking up a new language or improving your current skills with one of our great instructors.
• Lunch card. Enjoy a subsidized lunch card and grab a meal with your teammates - because the best conversations often happen over lunch!
• Free private medical insurance. Take care of your health with private medical care fully covered by us
• Attractive life insurance. Extra peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Co-financed Multisport card - We support an active lifestyle because staying healthy and feeling good matters.
• Volunteer day. You can take 16 hours per year in order to participate in volunteering activities! We will love to see some pictures in our slack!
• Up to 30 days of vacation per year (additional days are granted along with seniority at AUCTANE).
• Up to 1000 PLN/year PLN/year to match your NGO donations! We are happy to support your initiatives by duplicating the amount donated.
• We have an Employee Assistance Program with psychological assistance free of charge for you and your loved ones.
• Annual Salary Review: We are reviewing the salaries of all our teams annually in order to evaluate an increase according to individual performance and the business results.

Referral Fee We need your support in hiring top-class talent! We offer a referral bonus of 4k-20k PLN, depending on the complexity of the role and the hiring process.

• An inclusive and upbeat work environment Leave your suit behind... we’re a t-shirt and converse kind of place! More importantly, our company culture promotes diversity and inclusion. The personality and opinions of each of our team members are important and valid, and we aim to offer all employees a safe environment where they can be themselves and thrive.
• A cross-cultural atmosphere We are a truly international team of 20 nationalities that speak 10 languages. Our company language is English and all internal communication and company-wide meetings are in English.
• Company events We do our best every day, even at our regular team-building events.
• Nice Office in Zielona Gora and Wroclaw (free drinks, snacks…)

Do you want to know a little bit more about the team? Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Amazing Auctane-PL and our Instagram