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About PayPay
PayPay, a FinTech company that has achieved more than 69M users (as of May 2025) since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.
The company has a diverse team of professionals from more than 50 countries and is building a world-class engineering organization.
Our biggest competitor is "cash". They are seeking people who can accept this challenge positively, brush up on the product at a tremendous speed that other companies could never achieve, and who are passionate about promoting and spreading such a financial life platform in a short time along with professionalism.
PayPay is committed to maintaining a "Day 1" mindset, bringing to life visions of the future that no one else can even imagine. At PayPay, we provide an environment where everyone can deliver outstanding performance as professionals, through a flexible work style that includes remote and office.
Position
PayPay is looking for a DBA to work on our payment system to deliver the best payment experience for our Japanese customers
Main Responsibilities
- Database operations, including monitoring, configuration management, upgrade, scaling, backup, and data migration
- Troubleshoot stability and performance problems
- Educate software engineers on database best practices
- Research and test new tools in database ecosystems, and adopt them in PayPay
Tech Stack
- Python, shell, SQL, PL/SQL
- Aurora, MySQL, TiDB
- AWS
- GitHub, Terraform, Jenkins, ansible, flyway
- Newrelic, Grafana, prometheus, vividcortex
- Slack, Zoom
Your qualification
- More than 3 years of DBA experience. Among 3 years, minimum of 1 year with using MySQL
- Experience in distributed database, such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, TiDB or HBase, Elasticsearch
- Familiar with and specialized in one relational database's configuration, backup, optimization, and monitoring. Possess deep insight and knowledge about your expertise
- Familiar with shell and Python
Will be a plus
- Familiar with Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS
- Experience troubleshooting critical issues online
- Experience working with NoSQL or NewSQL databases
- Experience working with TiDB
Additional details
PayPay 5 senses
- Please refer PayPay 5 senses to learn what we value at work.
Office Location
- WFA (Work From Anywhere at Anytime)
- Remote Job
- You can live anywhere in Japan
Work Hours
- Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
- In principle, 10:00am-6:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)
Holidays
- Two days off per week (as well as national holidays, New Year's break(December 29th to January 4th))
- Paid leave, congratulatory and bereavement leave, maternity/paternity leave, family care leave etc
Salary
- Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
- Based on skills, experience, and abilities
- Reviewed once a year
- Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation
- Late overtime allowance, Work from anywhere allowance (JPY100,000)
Benefits
- Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
- 401K
- Language Learning support
- Translation/Interpretation support
- VISA sponsor + Relocation support
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