Engineering Manager (Database)

Our requirements

• Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting production MS SQL Server environments.
• Advanced knowledge of T-SQL, query performance analysis, database maintenance, and high-availability practices.
• Experience managing database infrastructure in AWS or another cloud or hybrid environment.
• Practical understanding of infrastructure automation, ideally using Terraform and PowerShell.
• Familiarity with C#/.NET environments and the applications that depend on managed database services.
• Proven track record of leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams.
• Experience managing team capacity while balancing operational support, incidents, maintenance, and project delivery.
• Ability to establish clear KPIs, provide actionable feedback, and support individual career development.
• Experience participating in recruitment and scaling engineering capabilities.
• Structured approach to incident management, production support, performance monitoring, and operational risk.
• Ability to convert high-level architecture and technical requirements into practical implementation plans.
• Experience managing after-hours support rotations and building full team ownership of the operational lifecycle.
• Proven ability to maintain delivery momentum while responding to urgent production issues.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with architects, engineering teams, product owners, and business stakeholders.
• Commitment to improving engineering processes, automation, agile practices, and operational efficiency.
• Professional fluency in English and Polish.

Your responsibilities

• Lead a database engineering team, managing its capacity, priorities, engagement, and day-to-day performance.
• Mentor database administrators and support their professional development through regular feedback, clear expectations, and career plans.
• Identify and address performance or well-being challenges before they affect the team’s delivery.
• Participate in recruitment and help build a healthy, accountable engineering culture.
• Own day-to-day database operations for the assigned brands, including administration, monitoring, maintenance, and incident response.
• Ensure the continuous availability, performance, security, and operational stability of database environments.
• Drive structured incident management, query performance tracking, and proactive database maintenance.
• Support the team’s after-hours rotation and ensure operational knowledge, procedures, and documentation remain up to date.
• Translate architecture and database designs into actionable tasks, sprint priorities, and clear deliverables.
• Balance critical operational fixes with project delivery, technical improvements, and long-term product roadmaps.
• Define and improve engineering workflows, automation, standards, and database management practices.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, providing practical guidance on database operations, infrastructure, and delivery.
• Partner with database principals, enterprise architects, product owners, and brand engineering teams.
• Implement global security policies, compliance requirements, and engineering standards within the team.
• Communicate progress, achievements, risks, and improvement areas clearly to team members and senior stakeholders.

About the project

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What we offer

• Private medical care, life insurance, and psychological support
• Up to 30 days of annual leave
• Co-financing for sports and gym membership
• Training budget of up to 7 000 PLN per year
• Access to online learning platforms and language classes
• Annual salary review
• Additional benefits, including volunteering leave and shipping discounts.

Recruitment stages

• 1.
  A call with MOTIFE Recruiter (30 min)
• 2.
  HR interview (40 min)
• 3.
  Technical interview with the team (60 min)
• 4.
  Meeting with the local HRBP (30 min)
• 5.
  Interview with the Senior Director of Engineering (45-60min)

Motife Sp. z o.o.