Senior Staff Database Engineer

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Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Engineer with 12+ years of industry experience and strong expertise in database engineering. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge in evaluating, provisioning, configuring, performance tuning, scalability, high availability, monitoring, and overall management of database services across both cloud and on-premises environments.

Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and Oracle database systems is essential.

In addition to core database responsibilities, this role requires the ability to design and develop AI-driven agents and automation solutions to optimize and streamline database operations and management.

• Evaluate and recommend AWS database services, including Amazon RDS (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
• Design, implement, and optimize cloud-native database architectures on AWS including query optimization and performance tuning, indexing strategies etc.
• Lead and support database migrations from on-premises environments to AWS ODB, Amazon RDS, and Aurora PostgreSQL platforms
• Implement and manage observability, monitoring, and performance analytics across hybrid and cloud environments

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting to automate database provisioning, patching, upgrades, backups, and operational workflows
• Build and enhance self-service database platform capabilities to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency
• Design automated health checks, capacity forecasting models, compliance validation, and remediation workflows
• Drive standardization and automation across PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and cloud database platforms

• Identify and implement AI-driven solutions to streamline DBA workflows and reduce manual effort
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption opportunities within database and platform engineering teams

• Design and implement robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data integrity and business continuity

• Architect and manage high-availability solutions, including QL Server Availability Groups, Aurora Global Database, Real Application Clusters (RAC), and Exadata-specific features

• Develop and enforce comprehensive database security policies covering access control, encryption, and auditing

• Provide expert-level troubleshooting for complex database issues, including performance bottlenecks, data corruption, and critical system failures

• Analyze current and future database capacity requirements and proactively plan for scalability to support business growth

• Take end to end execution ownership of the defined strategy partnering with platform and applications engineering teams
• Responsible for measuring and reporting improvement in operational efficiency
• Collaborate closely with global, cross functional teams including application development, infrastructure, PO/PMs, and IT teams to support and optimize database-driven applications and services

• 12+ years of experience in design and development of highly distributed software platforms/systems
• Bachelor/Master Degree in Computer Science or other equivalent field
• Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and Oracle database systems is essential
• Experience administering Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS database platforms
• Experience with large-scale cloud database migration, modernization and transformation projects involving AWS ODB and RDS services
• Good understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, and their application to infrastructure and database operations
• 10+ years of Proven track record in performance tuning, backup and recovery, and high-availability solutions
• 10+ years of Proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL, with advanced troubleshooting skills
• 5+ years of experience in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell) for agentic development and automation tasks
• 5+ Years of Strong familiarity with SOX compliance, AWS with Capacity planning
• Good analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams