Own Database Reliability: Drive high availability and disaster recovery strategies
Architect for Scale: Define and execute the scalability roadmap, including partitioning, sharding strategies, and capacity forecasting
Optimize Performance: Perform deep-dive query optimization and proactive bottleneck remediation
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 hands-on implementation

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

Make a genuine impact on the product
Join our upward trajectory and grow with us
Receive unwavering support and care
Work in the EU with flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe
Become a stock options holder through our Stock Options Program
Immerse yourself in our exclusive Work & Swim Program for work-life balance

Principal Database Administrator, DBA

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