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Remote Contract
PUBLISHED
Oct 2, 2025
Big Ideas DB needs a database expert to optimize and maintain our cloud-based repository for creative concepts. You'll ensure data integrity, performance tuning, and scalability for users storing and sharing innovative ideas.
At Big Ideas DB, we empower creators by providing a secure, efficient platform to catalog and collaborate on groundbreaking ideas. As a Database Administrator on this remote contract, you'll be the guardian of our data ecosystem, ensuring everything runs smoothly as our user base expands.
Core tasks include:
Our system handles diverse data types: text descriptions, images, tags, and user metadata. You'll use MySQL or similar, with ETL processes to clean incoming data. We focus on high availability—zero downtime during updates is the goal.
What makes this project exciting? It's not just admin work; you'll influence how ideas are queried and retrieved, impacting user experience directly. For instance, developing full-text search capabilities or recommendation engines based on idea similarities.
The team values work-life balance, with async communication via GitHub issues and Notion docs. Onboarding includes deep dives into our current setup, so even if you're early in your career, you'll ramp up quickly.
Over 9 months, expect to tackle real-world challenges like scaling for peak loads during idea submission surges. Tools like pgAdmin or DataGrip will be your allies. This role builds transferable skills in database management, vital for any tech career.
We're passionate about fostering innovation, and your expertise will help us do just that. Let's build a database that sparks creativity worldwide.
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