Senior Database Engineer

Hiring Senior Database Engineer for Hybrid role in Pittsburgh/PA OR Charlotte/NC This Jobot Job is hosted by: Doug Goldman Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button and sending us your resume. Salary: $100,000 - $199,000 per year A bit about us: Our Client is a high-growth, institutional technology platform focused on providing uniquely capable solutions to IRA providers, 401(k) recordkeepers, retirement-focused Advisors, Mutual Fund investment providers, and banks interested in growing their IRA capabilities, revenue, and market share. Why join us? Come help this team with changing the landscape and empowering client companies to provide broader access to the best retirement services possible while significantly lowering administration costs and increasing efficiency, profitability, and competitiveness, far beyond industry expectations. Collaborative environment with lots of opportunity for growth! Job Details As a SENIOR DATABASE ENGINEER, you will be responsible for designing, managing, optimizing, and securing our database infrastructure across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and AWS cloud environments. You will play a critical role in ensuring database reliability, scalability, and performance while implementing high availability, disaster recovery, and automation strategies. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in database internals, cloud-native architectures, and thrives in a fast-paced FinTech environment. Education and Experience: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; master's degree preferred. • Minimum of 7 years of database administration experience with at least 5 years in PostgreSQL and MySQL production environments. Requirements: • Extensive AWS cloud experience, including Amazon RDS, Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL), and EC2-based database deployments. • Strong proficiency in SQL, PL/pgSQL, stored procedures, and performance tuning tools (EXPLAIN ANALYZE, pg_stat_statements, MySQL Performance Schema). • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. • Demonstrated ability to write automation scripts in Bash, Python, or similar languages. • Experience with database security, backup strategies, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance in financial services. • Strong knowledge of monitoring tools like AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic, or similar platforms. • AWS Certified Database - Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect certification highly desirable. • Experience with containerized database deployments (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) is a plus. • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for database changes using tools like Flyway or Liquibase preferred. Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Jobot, and/or its agents and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: jobot.com/privacy-policy