ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be working alongside our customer, solving their challenges, questions on architecture, performance, etc. You will be one of our experts on best practices in using CrateDB.

WHAT YOU GET OUT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY

• The ability to develop a high performing Product function and be instrumental in the future roadmap and direction of CrateDB and its Ecosystem
• Be part of our Customer Engineering team, grow aligned with the business needs
• Join a leading VC funded tech company from the pre-B stage through the exit
• Contribute demonstrable business impact to Crate’s growth
• Close interaction with Crate’s key customers, partners, and database users
• Be part of an open, collaborative culture with “Craties” from diverse backgrounds

• Advise customers and partners on architecture, solution design and implementation at any or all phases of the application lifecycle
• Analyse customer’s technical issues to find solutions, discover and report bugs, from all our support and community channels, where your coding abilities, communication skills, desire to solve complex problems and passion for big data will help you to succeed
• Work as part of a wider delivery team on proof of concepts and pilot projects
• Manage the relationship with 1st level support by maintaining re-usable support materials, monitoring performance of our support organisation and support process development of our customer support
• Be advocate for customer needs, cooperate closely with Product Management and Engineering
• Work closely with our support partner and our DevOps/SysAdmin team, Pre-Sales and Customer Engineers, our Implementation Partners in the EMEA region and our engineering teams
• Become part of our 24x7 Cloud Operations team

YOUR SKILLS

• Customer facing experience in technical support, engineering, consulting or related function (5 years+)
• Understanding of NoSQL (Elasticsearch/Mongo/Cassandra or similar) and relational databases (e.g. Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, generic SQL, JDBC)
• Experience in one or more of these languages: Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, etc.
• Experience in using container platforms (Docker / Kubernetes)
• Experience with Azure, AWS or other cloud platforms
• Knowledge of distributed systems and systems administration
• Ability to work independently
• Fluent in English, nice to have: German
• A plus: Familiarity with other up-to-date technologies and trends

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours
• A variety of perks (e.g., financial allowances for public transportation, fitness, and education)
• Participation in our Employee Stock Options Plan
• The opportunity to become part of one of the most exciting startups in the IT scene
• (Winner of the 2021 IoT Evolution: Industrial IoT Product of the Year Award)

At Crate.io, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it and support it. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity!