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With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!

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As a Senior SRE engineer at Bolt you will entail leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly reliable and scalable systems infrastructure, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.

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• <point>Leading the design, implementation, automation, and maintenance of highly reliable and scalable Database systems infrastructure. Planning for future database growth and scalability, ensuring the architecture supports business needs.</point>
• <point>Participating in on-call activities for the most critical parts of the infrastructure, helping to solve incidents in a no-blaming culture.</point>
• <point>Performing root cause analysis (RCA) and leading incident response by compiling thorough postmortems, and implementing preventive measures. Identifying performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the system and implementing solutions to optimize database configurations and performance including SQL queries and indexes optimization.</point>
• <point>Making sure all main services are measured, monitored, and covered by alerting systems.</point>
• <point>Work closely with engineering teams to design efficient schemas, perform query reviews, and provide guidance on database best practices.</point>
• <point>Enforce security best practices, manage access controls, and ensure compliance with data governance policies and industry standards.</point>

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• <point>You have 5+ years of experience in systems engineering.</point>
• <point>You are experienced with Relational Database Management Systems (e.g. MySQL), NewSQL and NoSQL Databases are beneficial.</point>
• <point>You have a good command of Linux troubleshooting, including networking, file systems, security, and the kernel as well as a solid understanding of large-scale distributed systems.</point>
• <point>You have good coding skills, preferably in Python/Go/Rust/Bash, an experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and with infrastructure automation tools, such as Terraform, and Ansible or alike.</point>
• <point>You understand the DevOps and Scrum way of working.</point>
• <point>You are a team player, with a high level of empathy, and good communication skills, that works well with others in the group and the rest of the organization.</point>

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Experience is great, but what we look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!
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<title>Why you’ll love it here:</title>

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• <point>Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.</point>
• <point>Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.</point>
• <point>Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.</point>
• <point>Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.</point>
• <point>Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.</point>
• <point>Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.</point>
• <point>Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.</point>

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<text>*Some perks may differ depending on your location.</text>
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