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Join an A-Player Engineering Team Solving the Hardest Database Problems on the Internet

MinervaDB hires senior database engineers, architects, and operators who run mission-critical PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, and cloud-native data platforms for some of the most demanding internet properties in the world. Every role is fully remote, location-independent in compensation, and engineered for engineers who treat database internals as a craft. The MinervaDB charter is to build a small team of A-players that solves problems no ordinary consulting firm will touch.

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About MinervaDB Careers

A Boutique, Senior-Only Database Engineering Firm Built Around Craft, Trust, and Engineering Discipline

MinervaDB Careers is the gateway to working alongside world-class database engineers who solve some of the most complex open-source infrastructure challenges in the industry. Every engagement that MinervaDB takes on is a mission-critical production environment — financial trading platforms, global e-commerce checkout pipelines, CDN control planes, real-time advertising systems, online gaming infrastructure, SaaS multi-tenant fleets, and digital payment networks. The work is engineered to be intellectually demanding, technically deep, and consequential — every line of SQL, every replication configuration, every storage decision touches revenue, reliability, and customer trust.

The company is founder-led, bootstrapped, and deliberately small. MinervaDB hires no junior engineers and operates no offshore delivery centers. Every team member is a recognized practitioner with internals-level expertise in at least one database platform — MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, or cloud-native data infrastructure. The bar is deliberate: the company would rather operate with fifteen exceptional engineers than fifty average ones. The structure is engineered to reward depth, accountability, and ownership.

Compensation at MinervaDB is location-independent. A senior PostgreSQL consultant in Bangalore is paid on the same global scale as a senior PostgreSQL consultant in Berlin or Boston — the work is the same, the standards are the same, and the pay is the same. Profit-sharing is structural, not optional. Every team member participates in the upside of every engagement, which means the financial outcome of the company is directly tied to the technical quality every engineer puts into the work.

The MinervaDB charter is shaped by one operating principle — paraphrased from Steve Jobs — that a small team of A-players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Every hiring decision, every promotion, every engagement is filtered through that principle. Engineers who join MinervaDB are joining a team where peers are uniformly excellent, where the work is challenging, where the customer engagements are technically meaningful, and where the company is structurally engineered to keep the best engineers in the world working on the hardest database problems on the internet.

Working at MinervaDB

Four Operating Principles That Define How the Team Builds Database Infrastructure

Every engineering decision, hiring conversation, and engagement plan at MinervaDB is shaped by four operating principles. The principles are not aspirational — every employee is measured against each of them every quarter, and every customer engagement is reviewed against them as a matter of structural discipline.

Remote-First, Always

MinervaDB is engineered as a virtual corporation. Every role is permanently remote, location is never a hiring filter, and no team member is asked to relocate from a community, family, or city. Connectivity runs through telephone, video conferencing, shared chat, and email — engineered for asynchronous depth, not synchronous noise.

Senior-Only Engineering Bar

Every engineer hired has internals-level expertise in at least one database platform. No junior tier, no rotational program, no offshore staffing pyramid. The hiring decision is engineered to select for depth of craft — engineers who can read source code, who have published research, who have run production at scale, and who can mentor on the same level as a peer.

Family-Friendly, Fiscally Disciplined

MinervaDB is bootstrapped and family-friendly. The company is engineered around fiscal discipline — operating profitably with no external capital — and around the assumption that engineers have families, communities, and personal lives that take priority. Parental leave, flexible vacation, and trust-based scheduling are the structural defaults, not the exception.

Global Profit-Sharing Compensation

Compensation is global, location-independent, and tied to engagement outcomes through structural profit-sharing. Every engineer participates in the financial upside of the company, which means the financial outcome is directly engineered into the technical quality the team delivers to every customer.

Employment Benefits & Policies

Benefits Engineered for a Distributed, Senior, and Trust-Based Engineering Team

MinervaDB engineers benefits the same way the team engineers database infrastructure — by designing for the long term, removing unnecessary friction, and treating every team member as a senior professional. Every policy is engineered to support engineers who deliver mission-critical work for global customers across multiple time zones.

Permanent Remote Work

Every role at MinervaDB is permanently remote. No relocation requirement, no quarterly in-office mandate, no commuting. The company is engineered as a virtual corporation, and every operational system — communication, documentation, on-call rotation, knowledge transfer — is built for distributed-first engineering.

Location-Independent Compensation

Compensation packages are competitive and engineered on a global, location-independent scale. The same role pays the same rate regardless of geographic location, currency, or cost of living arbitrage. Pay equity is engineered into the structure, not negotiated case by case.

Structural Profit-Sharing

Profit-sharing is built into every engineering role. Team members participate in the financial upside of customer engagements, which engineers a direct alignment between the technical quality of the work delivered and the personal financial outcome of every engineer on the team.

Comprehensive Parental Leave

MinervaDB offers fully compensated parental leave — maternity, paternity, and adoption — for every team member who has completed twelve months of service. The benefit is engineered to give new parents the time and economic stability to focus on family during the most consequential moments of life.

Conference & Community Sponsorship

MinervaDB sponsors attendance at industry conferences, technical meet-ups, and open-source community events. The company supports engineers who speak at conferences, contribute to open-source projects, write technical content, and build a personal brand in the database engineering community.

Flexible Vacation, Trust-Based

Vacation policy is engineered around mutual trust. Engineers are treated as responsible senior professionals and are encouraged to take the time off needed to recover, recharge, and return ready for deep technical work. Blog contribution during work hours is supported as part of structural professional development.

Hiring Philosophy

A Small Team of A-Players Beats a Large Team of B and C Players — The Hiring Bar Is Engineered Around That Principle

The hiring philosophy at MinervaDB is engineered to be uncompromising. The company does not operate on headcount targets, does not staff to ratios, and does not hire to fill a delivery pyramid. Every engineering hire is a deliberate decision to add one more senior practitioner to a small team that already operates at the highest level of craft. The hiring conversation is engineered to select for depth — internals-level understanding of at least one database platform, demonstrated production experience at web scale, and the ability to operate independently in a virtual organization.

Every candidate is evaluated against four dimensions. The first is technical depth — measurable, demonstrable, internals-level expertise in MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, or cloud-native data platforms. The second is operational excellence — experience running mission-critical production database infrastructure, on-call discipline, incident response, and the temperament to perform under high pressure when a global internet property is degraded. The third is communication — written and verbal English at a level that supports direct customer engagement with senior technical and business stakeholders. The fourth is cultural alignment with a senior-only, fully remote, family-friendly engineering team.

Every engineer who joins MinervaDB is expected to be a teacher as much as a practitioner. The company invests deliberately in technical writing, open-source contribution, conference speaking, and community evangelism — every senior engineer is expected to publish, present, and mentor. The engineering culture is engineered around knowledge transfer, not knowledge hoarding. Every engagement that MinervaDB delivers includes structural knowledge transfer to customer engineering teams, and every internal project is engineered to leave the team more capable at the end than at the start.

The company does not engage with unsolicited agency or recruiter contact. Every hire is sourced directly — through technical content, open-source contribution, community engagement, conference talks, and direct candidate outreach. The hiring process is engineered to be technical, deep, and respectful of senior engineering time. Every candidate speaks directly with the founder, Shiv Iyer, as part of the engagement, and every engineering offer is structured to reflect the deliberate, long-term nature of joining a boutique senior-only team.

Equal employment opportunity is engineered into the structure. MinervaDB provides equal opportunity to every employee and applicant without discrimination of any kind — race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Harassment of any kind is structurally prohibited, and the company is engineered to be a safe, inclusive environment for senior engineers from every background.

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Explore Senior Engineering Opportunities at MinervaDB

MinervaDB is actively hiring senior engineers across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, cloud-native data infrastructure, DevOps automation, technical account management, and digital media marketing. Every role below is permanently remote and globally available. Apply directly to founder Shiv Iyer at shiv@minervadb.com — no intermediaries, no agencies, no recruiters.

Remote · Global · APAC Business Hours

MySQL Remote Database Administrator

MinervaDB is hiring a senior MySQL Remote Database Administrator to operate mission-critical MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server estates for global internet properties across the Asia-Pacific business window. The role is engineered to combine deep MySQL internals expertise, advanced performance optimization, and 24×7 operational discipline for some of the most demanding production workloads on the internet.

Technical Requirements

Demonstrated consulting and professional services expertise in MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server
Comprehensive knowledge of MySQL and InnoDB internals
Proficiency in optimal MySQL and InnoDB installation and configuration
Experience in capacity planning and infrastructure sizing for web-scale workloads
Advanced MySQL performance optimization and SQL tuning capabilities
Expertise in MySQL sharding and clustering architectures
Proficiency in data archiving and partitioning strategies
Implementation experience with MySQL high availability solutions
Competency in MySQL disaster recovery, logical backups, XtraBackup, and MariaDB Backup
Emergency database administration support experience under production-critical conditions
Advanced knowledge of MySQL replication, MySQL Group Replication, and InnoDB Cluster
Experience managing MySQL upgrades and migrations across major versions
Strong MySQL troubleshooting capabilities in incident-response scenarios
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Commitment to continuous learning and structured professional development
Strong dedication to knowledge sharing and technical education
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Principal MySQL Consultant

MinervaDB is hiring a Principal MySQL Consultant to lead strategic and technical engagements for web-scale MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server customers across the Americas business window. The role is engineered for an engineer with deep internals expertise, architectural authority, and the ability to mentor internal teams and customer DBA organizations on a peer level.

Technical Requirements

Deep, internals-level understanding of MySQL and InnoDB
Extensive consulting and professional services experience with MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server
Proven experience architecting and implementing web-scale database infrastructure operations
Advanced MySQL troubleshooting expertise in production-critical environments
Comprehensive full-stack database infrastructure operations knowledge
Ability to provide strategic and technical guidance for optimal, scalable, highly available infrastructure
Willingness to travel occasionally to client sites (approximately 20% annually)
Experience in technical marketing, evangelism, and technical blogging
Expertise in architecting high-performance MySQL infrastructure operations
Proficiency in horizontal and vertical MySQL scaling strategies
Advanced knowledge of MySQL replication, MySQL Group Replication, and InnoDB Cluster
MySQL Site Reliability Engineering experience with XtraBackup and mydumper
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Active participation in open-source communities as an evangelist, blogger, and conference speaker
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities across internal and customer DBA teams
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Principal PostgreSQL Consultant

MinervaDB is hiring a Principal PostgreSQL Consultant to lead architecture and performance engagements for global PostgreSQL customers across the Americas business window. The role is engineered for a senior practitioner with internals-level command of PostgreSQL — vacuum dynamics, query planner internals, replication topologies, and full-stack reliability engineering.

Technical Requirements

Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and internals — MVCC, vacuum, WAL, planner
Extensive consulting and professional services experience with PostgreSQL
Proven experience architecting and implementing web-scale PostgreSQL infrastructure
Advanced PostgreSQL troubleshooting expertise in mission-critical environments
Comprehensive full-stack database infrastructure operations knowledge
Strategic and technical guidance for optimal, scalable, highly available PostgreSQL platforms
Willingness to travel occasionally to client sites (approximately 10% annually)
Experience in technical marketing, evangelism, and technical blogging
Expertise in architecting high-performance PostgreSQL infrastructure operations
Proficiency in horizontal and vertical PostgreSQL scaling strategies
Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL streaming and logical replication
PostgreSQL Site Reliability Engineering experience
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Active participation in open-source communities as an evangelist, blogger, and conference speaker
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities across internal and customer DBA teams
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Principal MongoDB, Cassandra, NoSQL Engineering Expert

MinervaDB is hiring a Principal NoSQL Engineering Expert with deep, internals-level command of MongoDB and Apache Cassandra to lead distributed-database architecture engagements for global customers. The role is engineered for an engineer who treats distributed-systems consistency, partition tolerance, and operational reliability as a craft.

Technical Requirements

Deep understanding of NoSQL database architectures and internals (MongoDB and Cassandra)
Extensive consulting and professional services experience with NoSQL technologies
Proven experience architecting and implementing web-scale NoSQL infrastructure operations
Advanced troubleshooting expertise in distributed database systems and quorum dynamics
Comprehensive full-stack database infrastructure operations knowledge
Strategic and technical guidance for optimal, scalable, highly available NoSQL infrastructure
Experience in technical marketing, evangelism, and technical blogging
Expertise in architecting high-performance NoSQL infrastructure operations
Proficiency in horizontal and vertical scaling strategies for NoSQL systems
Advanced knowledge of NoSQL replication, clustering, and consistency tuning
Site Reliability Engineering experience with NoSQL platforms
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Active participation in open-source communities as an evangelist, blogger, and conference speaker
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capabilities across internal and customer NoSQL teams
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Cloud-Native Database Infrastructure Engineering & Operations Expert

MinervaDB is hiring a senior Cloud-Native Database Infrastructure expert to architect and operate containerized, orchestrated, distributed database platforms on AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. The role is engineered for an engineer who has run production-grade databases on Kubernetes at scale and who treats infrastructure-as-code as a first-class engineering discipline.

Technical Requirements

Extensive experience with cloud-native database architectures and operations
Expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies — Kubernetes and Docker
Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks
Experience with major cloud platforms — Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and Azure
Advanced knowledge of distributed database systems and microservices architectures
Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development and implementation
Strong understanding of cloud security best practices
Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Java
Knowledge of service mesh technologies and cloud-native networking
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Demonstrated leadership in cloud-native transformation initiatives
Strong collaboration skills for working with globally distributed teams
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

ClickHouse Consultant

MinervaDB is hiring a senior ClickHouse Consultant — delivered in partnership with ChistaDATA — to lead columnar-analytics engagements for customers running real-time observability, business intelligence, and large-scale event analytics workloads. The role is engineered for an engineer with internals-level command of ClickHouse storage engines, replication, sharding, and SQL optimization.

Technical Requirements

Expertise in columnar database system internals
Comprehensive knowledge of ClickHouse architecture and internals
Proficiency in ClickHouse performance optimization and parameter tuning
Experience with ClickHouse replication architectures
Expertise in ClickHouse clustering and sharding strategies
Advanced ClickHouse troubleshooting capabilities
SQL optimization and query-rewrite expertise
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication
Active participation in open-source communities as an evangelist, blogger, and conference speaker
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Senior Database Infrastructure Engineer

MinervaDB is hiring a Senior Database Infrastructure Engineer to lead infrastructure-automation engagements across MySQL, Memcached, Redis, and cloud-native production environments. The role is engineered as an independent contributor position — minimal team-management overhead, maximum depth on infrastructure-as-code, automation, and Linux site reliability engineering.

Technical Requirements

Extensive experience in infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code methodologies
Expert-level proficiency in Ansible or Chef
Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably Google Cloud Platform
Expert-level programming skills in Python, Go, or PHP
Experience with MySQL, Memcached, or Redis (highly desirable)
Linux Site Reliability Engineering experience
Proficiency with distributed version-control systems (Git)
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Experience managing relationships with external partners and customers
Expertise in infrastructure provisioning automation, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Familiarity with IT security best practices — identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate and key management
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

This is an independent-contributor role engineered for minimal team-engagement overhead and maximum focus on infrastructure automation depth.

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Senior Infrastructure & Production Engineer — DevOps / Automation Team

MinervaDB is hiring a Senior Infrastructure & Production Engineer for the DevOps and Automation team. The role is engineered to take ownership of backend services — MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Memcache — for production systems serving billions of users globally. On-call rotation, escalation ownership, and architecture-level collaboration with engineering teams are structural responsibilities.

Technical Requirements

Ownership of backend services — MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse — and Memcache infrastructure
Code development and review, documentation, capacity planning, and complex production-issue resolution
Participation in on-call rotation and escalation contact for service incidents
Collaboration with engineering teams on production systems serving billions of users globally
Engineering degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent professional experience
Strong understanding of operating systems and TCP/IP network fundamentals
Proficiency in higher-level programming languages — PHP, Python, C++, Java, or similar
Experience configuring and maintaining web servers, load balancers, RDBMS, storage, and messaging systems
Demonstrated ability to learn new software, frameworks, and APIs
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Experience managing relationships with external partners and customers
Expertise in infrastructure provisioning automation, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Familiarity with IT security best practices — IAM, data protection, encryption, key management
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Infrastructure & Production Engineer — DevOps / Automation Team

MinervaDB is hiring an Infrastructure & Production Engineer for the DevOps and Automation team. The role is engineered for an engineer with strong cloud-architecture, software-development, and production-engineering foundations who can operate independently in a fully remote, senior-only team and contribute to scalable, cloud-based solution architectures.

Technical Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience designing, building, and deploying scalable cloud-based solution architectures
Proficiency in software development using Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C++, or similar languages
Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences
Ability to work independently in a virtual organization (all MinervaDB personnel operate remotely)
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Experience managing relationships with external partners and customers
Expertise in infrastructure provisioning automation, DevOps, and continuous integration/delivery
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Familiarity with IT security best practices — IAM, data protection, encryption, key management
Comfort with fully remote, distributed-team work arrangements

Remote · Global · Americas Business Hours

Technical Account Manager

MinervaDB is hiring a senior Technical Account Manager to own customer engagements, scope and negotiate consulting contracts, and lead multi-time-zone DBA service delivery. The role is engineered for an engineer-turned-operator who has built web-scale systems, managed DBA teams, and can negotiate technical and commercial terms with senior customer stakeholders.

Technical Requirements

Expert-level ability to assess and scope projects from technical, functional, and commercial perspectives
Experience building web-scale systems using Linux, MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
Database administration management skills — DBA recruitment, 24×7 multi-time-zone DBA services, and project management
Proficiency in developing customized contracts and proposals for enterprise customers
Pre-sales experience with technical capability to negotiate and finalize DBA consulting and support contracts
Technology management experience with open-source platforms for advising internal and external stakeholders
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Ability to work independently in a virtual organization (all MinervaDB personnel operate remotely)
Experience managing globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
Ability to perform effectively under high-pressure incidents for major internet properties
Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication

Remote · Global · Flexible Hours

Social Media Marketing & Branding Expert

MinervaDB is hiring a Social Media Marketing & Branding Expert to lead brand communication, community building, and digital media programs across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and owned-media channels. The role is engineered for a marketer who treats database engineering as a premium technical brand and who can build community programs that earn the trust of senior engineering audiences.

Technical Requirements

Expertise in brand management and communication across social media — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and adjacent platforms
Search engine optimization (SEO) proficiency for digital media properties and community development
Experience managing digital meet-up initiatives, webinars, and YouTube channels
Customer-centric approach to marketing communication and brand storytelling
Ability to build, operate, and manage a structured digital media marketing inventory
Creative writing and presentation skills — case studies, customer success stories, and blog content
Reliable high-speed internet connectivity

Professional Competencies

Ability to work independently in a virtual organization (all MinervaDB personnel operate remotely)
Experience managing globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where digital media marketing is mission-critical
Customer-focused approach with excellent written and verbal English communication

Technology Focus & Commitment

Vendor-Neutral, Open-Source-First, Engineered for Every Database Platform That Runs Mission-Critical Workloads

MinervaDB is engineered to be deliberately vendor-neutral. Every database technology the team supports — MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, and cloud-native data platforms — is supported because the open-source engineering community has validated each platform under production load. The technology focus is independent of vendor relationships, marketing alliances, or sales partnerships. The team recommends what is engineered to work for the customer, not what is engineered to drive vendor commissions.

MySQL · MariaDB · Percona

Internals-level expertise across the entire MySQL family — InnoDB storage internals, Group Replication, InnoDB Cluster, XtraBackup, mydumper, and Percona toolkit.

PostgreSQL

Architecture and internals depth — MVCC, vacuum, WAL, planner internals, streaming and logical replication, partitioning, and performance optimization.

MongoDB · Cassandra

Distributed-systems engineering for NoSQL platforms — replication topologies, quorum dynamics, sharding strategy, and consistency-tuning at scale.

ClickHouse

Columnar-analytics engineering delivered in partnership with ChistaDATA — internals, MergeTree storage, replication, sharding, and SQL optimization.

Cloud-Native & DBaaS

Production database operations on AWS RDS and Aurora, Google Cloud SQL and AlloyDB, Azure SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, and MySQL HeatWave.

Kubernetes & IaC

Containerized database platforms on Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines for database delivery.

Observability & SRE

Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, eBPF-based performance engineering, and site-reliability engineering as a structural discipline.

Open Source First

MinervaDB engineers contribute to open-source projects, speak at conferences, publish research, and build community-first technical content as a professional standard.

How to Apply

A Four-Step Process Engineered to Respect Senior Engineering Time

The MinervaDB application process is engineered to be direct, technically deep, and respectful of senior engineering time. Every candidate engages directly with the founder, every conversation is technical and structured, and every offer is structured to reflect the deliberate, long-term nature of joining a boutique senior-only team.

Direct Application

Send a brief introduction, current CV, and links to public technical work — open-source contributions, conference talks, technical blog content, or published research — to founder Shiv Iyer at shiv@minervadb.com. No agency intermediaries. No recruiter intake forms. No multi-stage applicant tracking.

Founder Conversation

The first conversation is with the founder directly. The discussion is engineered to be technical and structured — career trajectory, current production-engineering experience, internals-level technology depth, and the cultural fit of operating in a senior-only, fully remote, family-friendly team.

Technical Deep-Dive

Candidates who advance complete a technical deep-dive — a structured conversation with senior engineering peers about real-world architecture, troubleshooting, and operational scenarios drawn from MinervaDB customer engagements. The deep-dive is engineered to validate internals depth and on-call temperament.

Offer & Onboarding

Successful candidates receive a structured offer engineered around global location-independent compensation, profit-sharing participation, and the operational rhythms of the assigned customer time zone. Onboarding is engineered to deliver real production ownership inside the first thirty days.

Notice to Agencies & Recruiters

MinervaDB Does Not Engage with Unsolicited Recruiter or Agency Contact

MinervaDB does not engage with unsolicited contact from staffing agencies or recruiters. Unsolicited resumes, candidate leads, and outreach correspondence are considered the property of MinervaDB. The company explicitly denies that any information sent by an agency or recruiter to MinervaDB — whether by email, telephone, postal mail, or any other channel — can be construed as consideration, contractual engagement, or implicit acceptance of a placement fee. All hiring at MinervaDB is sourced directly through technical content, open-source contribution, community engagement, and direct candidate outreach.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions About Joining MinervaDB Careers

Are MinervaDB roles permanently remote, or is relocation ever required?

Every role at MinervaDB is permanently remote. The company is engineered as a virtual corporation and has never operated a central office. No relocation is requested, no quarterly in-office mandate is imposed, and no team member is asked to leave a community, family, or city. Every role is open globally, subject only to the operational requirement that the assigned customer time zone is covered through the standard business window.

How does location-independent compensation actually work?

MinervaDB pays the same role at the same global scale, independent of geographic location, currency, or local cost of living. A Principal PostgreSQL Consultant in Bangalore is paid on the same scale as a Principal PostgreSQL Consultant in Berlin or Boston. Profit-sharing participation is structural and engineered into the offer, which means the financial outcome of every customer engagement is directly aligned with the personal financial outcome of every engineer on the team.

What is the MinervaDB hiring bar, and is there a junior engineering track?

There is no junior track. Every engineer hired at MinervaDB has internals-level expertise in at least one database platform, demonstrated web-scale production experience, and the ability to operate independently in a senior-only team. The company does not run rotational programs, offshore delivery centers, or staffing pyramids. The hiring bar is engineered around depth of craft, not seniority of title or headcount targets.

How does the application process work, and who reviews applications?

Every application is reviewed by founder Shiv Iyer directly. The first conversation is with the founder, followed by a structured technical deep-dive with senior engineering peers. Successful candidates receive a structured offer engineered around global compensation, profit-sharing, and the operational rhythm of the assigned customer time zone. Onboarding is engineered to deliver real production ownership inside the first thirty days.

Does MinervaDB sponsor conferences, open-source contributions, and technical writing?

MinervaDB sponsors attendance at industry conferences, technical meet-ups, and open-source community events. The company actively supports engineers who speak at conferences, contribute to open-source projects, write technical blog content, and build a personal brand in the database engineering community. Blog contribution on the MinervaDB platform is supported during regular work hours as part of structural professional development.

What is the parental leave policy?

MinervaDB offers fully compensated parental leave — maternity, paternity, and adoption — for every team member who has completed twelve months of service. The leave is engineered to give new parents the time and economic stability to focus on family during the most consequential moments of life, with no expectation of being on call or available during the leave window.

Does MinervaDB engage with staffing agencies or external recruiters?

MinervaDB does not engage with unsolicited contact from staffing agencies or recruiters. Unsolicited resumes and candidate leads are considered the property of MinervaDB, and the company explicitly denies that any agency or recruiter outreach can be construed as contractual engagement or implicit acceptance of a placement fee. All hiring is sourced directly through technical content, community engagement, and direct candidate outreach.

What time zones does MinervaDB hire for, and what does on-call look like?

MinervaDB hires across global time zones. Most senior consulting roles are aligned to Americas business hours, with selected MySQL DBA roles aligned to APAC business hours. On-call is engineered as a structured rotation across the team, with escalation contacts and incident-response protocols designed to keep on-call load sustainable and aligned with the senior-only engineering culture.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

— Confucius

Build Your Career at MinervaDB

Apply Directly to Founder Shiv Iyer · shiv@minervadb.com

MinervaDB hires senior database engineers, architects, and operators directly — no agencies, no intermediaries, no recruiter pipelines. Email the founder a brief introduction, current CV, and links to public technical work. Every application is reviewed personally, every conversation is technical, and every offer is structured to reflect the deliberate, long-term nature of joining a boutique senior-only database engineering team.

Email shiv@minervadb.com

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