Description
ipsy is an innovative fast-growing beauty company headquartered in San Mateo, CA. We are looking for an experienced PostgreSQL Database Architect to join our growing engineering team. You would be responsible for database performance tuning and the overall health of our databases. You would work with other engineers to build good data infrastructure, monitor and ensure proper database usage, and help build ETL pipelines. The ideal candidate is hands-on and thrives in a fluid, high-performance, entrepreneurial environment with a passion for learning and innovating.
Must-Have Qualifications:
- Expert level knowledge of SQL and query optimization
- Expert level knowledge of PostgreSQL
- Expert level knowledge of schema design, including star schemas
- Experience with ETL pipelines
- Experience with data warehousing
- Bachelors in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Good knowledge of Java and JDBC
- Experience with hibernate or grails/GORM
- Experience with Amazon RDS
- Experience with Amazon Redshift
- Experience with big data and analytics tools
About us:
ipsy is the world’s largest and most passionate beauty community. The community is centered around a beauty sampling service called the Glam Bag and premier content produced by ipsy and its partner creators. Since being founded in 2011 by top YouTube creator Michelle Phan, the company has grown dramatically. On the sampling front, ipsy ships to over 2 million subscribers every month; on the owned content side, ipsy reaches over 20 million people every month through stylist videos and social posts.ipsy has built a results-oriented team packed with seasoned beauty, e-commerce, tech, and studio professionals in offices in the Bay Area, NYC, and LA. The company has received over $100M in growth capital from premier investors including TPG, Sherpa and top industry insiders.
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