Senior Database Engineer

About the Company:

Our client is a technology driven, multi-asset investment firm operating on a global scale. The Senior Database Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the firm’s production database infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain the firm’s PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure
• Support the global trading infrastructure
• Configure and scale PostgreSQL and MySQL servers for trade-critical, real-time workflows
• Investigate and improve performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL queries and supporting infrastructure
• Engineer and apply infrastructure-as-code tools and services
• Build and test proof of concept datastores to fit consumer use cases

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5-7 years of experience in database management and infrastructure engineering
• Strong knowledge and experience with Linux
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Ability to write Python scripts with an understanding of data structures
• Experience with dynamic clustering solutions

Salary Range:

$150,000-$250,000