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# Junior Database Administrator at Forum Ventures

- **Company:** Forum Ventures
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Compensation:** $70k–$80k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures/0dec4917-dae0-4ce5-b903-d96d5addb88b

## Job description

## About us

You'll be joining a small, highly collaborative engineering team at [Hybrid Financial](http://www.hybridfinancial.com), a distribution and outreach firm that works with public companies and asset managers. We build full-stack applications, including the internal execution platforms our agents rely on every day to do their work in financial services. Engineers here work closely with each other and with the people who use what we build, so you'll see how your work affects the business directly. We're a close team with a very long tenure. We work in person, we talk to each other a lot and we genuinely like working together. We take chances on people and invest in helping them grow.

## About the role

We’re looking for a talented Junior Database Administrator to join our team and work alongside our senior DBA. You’ll help write and optimize SQL queries, monitor database performance, and support the day-to-day work that keeps our databases secure and reliable, including backups, restores, and access management. This role is perfect for someone with strong SQL fundamentals who wants to deepen their database expertise in a hands-on environment. You’ll receive mentorship from an experienced DBA, work closely with our engineering team, and have opportunities to take on more ownership as you grow.

## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Database Administration & Performance

- Write, review, and optimize SQL queries and stored procedures for performance and scalability
- Monitor database performance and troubleshoot slow queries and other issues
- Design and maintain database schemas and indexes
- Support backups, restores, security, and access management
- Implement best practices for data integrity and reliability
- Provide day-to-day database coverage when our senior DBA is away

Collaboration & Development

- Work closely with developers on how our applications use the database
- Contribute to technical discussions and decisions with the team
- Document database structures, processes, and changes clearly

## QUALIFICATIONS

- Ideally 2 - 5 yrs of hands-on database experience. Strong recent grads with real experience will be considered.
- Strong SQL knowledge, including complex queries, indexing, and query optimization
- Experience with MySQL
- Understanding of DBA fundamentals, including backups, recovery, security, and performance monitoring
- Experience with relational database design principles
- Ability to talk through problems and explain your thinking clearly

## NICE TO HAVE

- Experience in finance or financial services
- Some application coding experience, ideally C# or .NET
- Exposure to cloud platforms, ideally Azure
- Experience with replication, high availability, or disaster recovery setups
- Scripting for automation (PowerShell, Python, or Bash)

## What we offer

- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Mentorship from experienced senior developers
- Opportunities to lead projects and grow into mid-level roles
- Inclusive, supportive team environment

## About Forum Ventures

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Forum Ventures is a founder-first venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund dedicated to helping early-stage B2B software founders go from zero to one.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital / Accelerator / Studio)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (with offices in San Francisco and Toronto)
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as a single founder; the firm was built by a team including Mike Cardamone (CEO & Managing Partner), Jonah Midanik (Managing Partner), James Murphy (Managing Partner), and others.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Venture Capital & Private Equity Principals (B2B software startup ecosystem)
- **Target customers**: Pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software founders; also serves as a co-creator of new ventures through its studio arm.
- **Mission**: To make the startup journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders.

## Products & Services
- **Accelerator**: A 12-week (or similar) program that acts as a fractional co-founder, providing hands-on go-to-market and fundraising support to help founders achieve customer traction and raise their first institutional round.
- **Pre-Seed Fund**: A dedicated fund that invests in early-stage B2B software companies, leveraging the accelerator’s team and resources to provide more hands-on support than a typical pre-seed fund.
- **Venture Studio**: An AI-first studio that co-creates new ventures from the concept stage, working with entrepreneurs to ideate, validate, launch, and scale B2B startups using a team of operators, product designers, and developers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private entity)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $40M (LinkedIn estimate); total follow-on funding raised by portfolio companies exceeds $1B.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm itself has raised a $20M venture studio fund (announced 2025). Portfolio companies have gone on to raise from top-tier funds including A16z, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, NEA, Emergence Capital, Menlo Ventures, Craft Ventures, and Founders Fund.
- **Growth Signals**: 430+ companies funded, 1,300+ founder community members, 10 years of operation, 25,541 LinkedIn followers (+43.9% YoY), and a recent acquisition of Vanse AI (Feb 2025).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-first approach**: The team is composed entirely of former founders and operators who have built and scaled their own software companies, providing empathy and practical guidance.
- **Full-stack support**: Offers a continuum from studio (idea stage) → accelerator (early traction) → pre-seed fund (capital), making it a one-stop shop for early-stage B2B founders.
- **Massive community and network**: Over 1,300 founders in a deeply connected community, plus access to a wide network of mentors and experts.
- **Proven track record**: $1B+ in follow-on funding raised by portfolio companies from top-tier VCs.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first ventures**: The newly launched $20M venture studio fund is specifically focused on building AI-native B2B companies.
- **Expanding geographic reach**: While headquartered in New York, the firm has offices in San Francisco and Toronto, and portfolio companies are global.
- **Scaling the studio model**: Continuously looking for “studio founders” – individuals who have always wanted to start a company but need a co-creative partner to ideate, validate, and build.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: A team of “doers and connectors” that operates like a startup – fail fast, iterate quickly, and embrace ambiguity. The firm is built by founders for founders, so the environment is entrepreneurial and supportive.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Not explicitly stated, but roles are likely hybrid or in-office given the hands-on studio and accelerator model. The team is distributed across New York, San Francisco, and Toronto.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunities to work directly with early-stage founders, participate in venture building, and be part of a small but mighty team that has outsized impact. The firm emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- **Open roles**: Current openings include positions on the Forum team, studio founder opportunities, and portfolio company roles (see careers page).

## Sources
1. [forumvc.com](https://www.forumvc.com/)
2. [forumvc.com/careers](https://www.forumvc.com/careers)
3. [forumvc.com/team](https://www.forumvc.com/team)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures)
5. [linkedin.com/company/forumvc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/forumvc)

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