Key skills
AnsibleCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaLinuxPostgresPrometheusSQLTerraformGinGCPGoogle CloudArgoCDPostgreSQLGitLabCI/CDMentoring
About this role
Role Overview
- Own Database Reliability: Drive high availability and disaster recovery strategies
- Architect for Scale: Define and execute the scalability roadmap
- Optimize Performance: Perform deep-dive query optimization and execution plan analysis
- Design Infrastructure: Build and manage scalable inference and connection pooling strategies
- Establish Observability: Design the monitoring architecture and define SLIs/SLOs for database health
- Champion Security: Implement banking-grade security practices
- Partner Across Engineering: Work with product teams to ensure database schema changes support a high-load environment
- Lead by Example: Set the technical bar for the DBA function through mentoring and standards definition
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in high-load, production environments (preferably Fintech or mission-critical systems)
- Deep PostgreSQL Expertise: Advanced knowledge of index design (B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN), partitioning, and vacuum tuning
- HA/DR Mastery: Proven experience designing streaming replication, clustering, and automated backup validation
- Cloud Fluency: Hands-on experience with cloud-managed PostgreSQL (specifically GCP) and Linux systems administration
- Automation Mindset: Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD workflows (GitLab, ArgoCD)
- Strong SQL Skills: Expertise in complex queries, stored procedures, and functions
- Observability Stack: Experience building monitoring and alerting for databases (Prometheus/Grafana)
- Fluent English
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- Cloud
- Google Cloud Platform
- Grafana
- Linux
- Postgres
- Prometheus
- SQL
- Terraform
Benefits
- Make a genuine impact on the product
- Join our upward trajectory, and grow with us
- Work in the EU
- Enjoy the flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe
- Become a stock options holder
- Unlock your inner entrepreneur and align your aspirations with ours through our Stock Options Program
- Receive unwavering support and care
- Finom stands by you at every step
- Embodying our commitment to your well-being and success
- Work & Swim program
- Immerse yourself in our exclusive Work & Swim Program
- Spend one month in a comfortable corporate apartment in enchanting Cyprus
- Equal Opportunity Statement
- We invite applications from all walks of life