Country Delight - Senior Database Administrator - MySQL

Country Delight is on a mission to bring back natural, fresh, and unadulterated milk and food products to Indian households. Backed by a team of engineers and IIM graduates, we use technology to source directly from farmers and deliver hassle-free to consumers at scale, every single day.

About the Role :

We're looking for a Senior Database Administrator (MySQL) to own and scale our database infrastructure. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role you'll be responsible for the performance, reliability, and security of systems that power millions of daily transactions across our supply chain and consumer platforms.

What You'll Do :

- Own end-to-end administration of MySQL database infrastructure across production and staging environments

- Design, implement, and continuously tune database architecture for performance, scalability, and reliability

- Write, review, and optimize complex SQL queries and stored procedures

- Implement and manage robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes

- Monitor database health proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they impact business

- Implement and enforce database security protocols, access controls, and compliance standards

- Set up and manage replication, high-availability, and failover configurations

- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and data teams to support application-level database needs

- Document database architecture, runbooks, and standard operating procedures

What We're Looking For :

- 6+ years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator, with deep expertise in MySQL

- Strong understanding of database management, security protocols, and compliance best practices

- Proven ability to design, optimize, and maintain complex SQL queries and stored procedures

- Solid experience with performance tuning, backup/recovery processes, and troubleshooting production issues under pressure

- Experience with replication, clustering, and high-availability MySQL setups

- Familiarity with cloud-hosted database environments (AWS RDS / Aurora preferred)

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills comfortable working directly with cross-functional engineering teams

- Prior experience in a high-growth product or D2C/FMCG environment is a strong plus

Why Join Country Delight :

- Be the database owner for a platform processing real-time, high-volume transactions at scale

- Work directly with a lean, senior engineering team high visibility, real ownership

- Be part of a mission-driven company solving a genuinely hard supply chain problem in India

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