Customer Success Engineer – Database, 2nd Shift

Job Description:

• Deliver hands-on technical support for database and cloud infrastructure issues across technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Valkey (Redis), MongoDB and Clickhouse, with exposure to cloud-native and Kubernetes environments
• Diagnose and resolve production issues impacting database performance, availability, replication, backups, and connectivity
• Guide customers in designing scalable, reliable, and high-performing database architectures on DigitalOcean
• Collaborate with senior engineers and stakeholders to support onboarding, migrations, customer success, and the resolution of complex escalations.
• Analyze customer architectures to identify improvement opportunities and recommend best practices
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotations to support critical customer issues
• Contribute to team growth through case reviews and knowledge sharing, while developing and maintaining technical documentation and playbooks to drive continuous improvement.
• Advocate for customer feedback to influence product improvements and platform enhancements
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI tools to streamline support workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve response quality.
• Use monitoring and observability tools to diagnose performance bottlenecks and system behavior.

Requirements:

• 2–5 years of experience in technical support, DevOps, cloud engineering, or similar roles
• Hands-on experience with some of the major database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Clickhouse), with some familiarity across Kafka and others.
• Strong Foundational knowledge of Linux, networking, and cloud infrastructure concepts
• Understanding of database fundamentals including backups, replication, indexing, and performance tuning
• Strong troubleshooting skills across application, database, and infrastructure layers
• Customer-first mindset with a passion for solving technical problems and delivering great support experiences
• Effective communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy.