MySQL Database Administrator
- Pay
- $150,000 – $170,000 per year
- Location
- Columbus, OH · Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- MySQL administration
- InnoDB tuning
- high availability database environments
- Linux shell and Python scripting
Also useful
- Postgres
- ClickHouse
- Terraform
- Puppet
Stated benefits & perks
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
Your Role at impact.com
As a Database Administrator at impact.com, you will work with the latest technologies that enable near-real time processing of datasets in the Terabytes range and the exciting challenges that come with working with massive amounts of data. You will have the freedom to experiment with the latest technologies with the ultimate goal of scaling our systems linearly.
If you have great ideas and like to think outside the box, we will encourage it and support you, giving you the tools to be successful as we scale Impact. At impact.com, your career path is yours to shape, as we encourage cross training into other technologies.
What You'll Do
- Administer and support multiple MySQL database clusters
- Administer and support sharded MySQL database clusters
- Manage database capacity and usage. Pro-active capacity planning.
- Query optimization
- Monitor and optimize database performance
- Develop backup and recovery procedures
- Essential Database administration - install, configure, upgrade, backup, partitioning and monitoring of MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB and Clickhouse database clusters
- ProxySQL administration
- Work with developers during application development life cycle in the design and planning of schema, tables, data types, indexes, procedures and functions
- Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and database risks
- Benchmarking
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science or a related field, or relevant professional experience
- Minimum 3+ years' experience as a production Database Administrator
- 4+ years experience with MySQL / Percona Server 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 8.0, 8.4 / CloudSQL / AWS RDS MySQL/Postgres and Aurora
- 2+ years experience with Postgres
- 2+ years experience with Clickhouse
- Experience with ProxySQL 2.x, 3.x / Orchestrator, Percona XtraBackup
- 3+ years of experience in writing Linux shell scripts, perl scripts, Python etc.
- Experience with High Availability MySQL/Percona environments
- Experience working with Large Data Volumes - 100's of Terabytes to Petabytes
- Strong understanding of InnoDB and InnoDB tuning.
- Experience working with SingleStore, MongoDB, Percona XtraDB Cluster
- Experience with Puppet, Terraform
Nice To Have
- Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA
Salary Range
$150,000 - $170,000 per year, plus an additional 5% variable annual bonus contingent on Company performance and eligible to receive a Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grant. *This is the pay range the Company believes is equitable for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
Benefits and Perks
At impact.com, we believe that when you're happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That's why we've built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Office-only catered lunch every Thursday, a healthy snack bar, and great coffee to keep you fueled
- Flexible spending accounts and 401(k)
- Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
- Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
- A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Investing in Your Growth: We're committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
- Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses.
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About impact.com
impact.com is the world's leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships.
Its award-winning products - Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral) - unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most.
Today, over 5,000 global brands - including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L'Oréal, and Fanatics - rely on impact.com to power more than 350,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
impact.com is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.
From impact.com's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The MySQL Database Administrator posting at impact.com states compensation of $150,000 – $170,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on impact.com's official career site.
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This MySQL Database Administrator position at impact.com is located in Columbus, OH (Hybrid). Always check impact.com's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
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