Staff Database Engineer
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ecoATM | GazelleTechnology/Re-commerce
Remote; must reside in the United StatesFull-TimeStaff
Salary$175-195k
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- PostgreSQLPythonSQLBashMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQL
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in database engineering, data architecture, or related technical roles.
- Deep expertise with relational database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, SQL Server).
- Strong proficiency in SQL, performance tuning, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
- Proven experience designing and scaling high-throughput, mission-critical production systems.
- Extensive experience with backup/recovery strategies, high availability, replication patterns, and disaster recovery.
- Ability to diagnose complex system interactions across applications, networks, and databases.
- Strong scripting and automation experience (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve scalable, highly available database architectures for transactional and analytical systems.
- Diagnose complex database performance issues and design solutions including schema design, indexing, and query optimization.
- Own the reliability and scalability posture of database systems, implementing robust backup, recovery, and high availability strategies.
- Ensure compliance with data governance, security standards, and implement access control and encryption policies.
- Lead architectural discussions, mentor engineers, and guide teams through modernization efforts and large-scale migrations.
- Develop automation for deployment, maintenance, and provisioning to improve developer experience.
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